Beginnings of bariatric and metabolic surgery in Spain

Aniceto Baltasar, Rafael Bou, Marcelo Bengochea, Nieves Pérez
2020 Jounal of Negative and No Positive Results  
Bariatric surgery (BS) from the Greek bari = weight and iatrein = cure) treats obesity and began in Spain in 1973. Its greatest development occurs after the founding of SECO (Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery) in 1997. The purpose of this work is to reflect the changes that have occurred in these 22 years.
doi:10.19230/jonnpr.3324 doaj:41248b29e95e479ca694b3e76b70cae8 fatcat:4ytjf3bttve2flz7eqyikxg5ae