Biography
Biography: W.Konrad Karcz
Abstract
Obesity is a primary disease in which no obvious cause exists, except for the imbalance of energy intake and expenditure. Gastric bypass surgery is called the gold standard in the United States for surgical weight loss procedures. Longitudinal studies indicate weight loss surgery is effective as a long-term, even life-long solution. Almost the same therapeutic results could be reached with the Isolated Sleeve Resection. The number of LSG operation per year in Germany is nowadays even bigger than bypass procedures. There are also many other new procedures which are performed in numerous clinics. Let us see what surgical therapy for weight loss do we really have what results we are able to achieve, when and which surgical techniques should be used and maybe we will find out which procedure could be called the “Gold Standard†in 2015.