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Surgical treatment for obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities. The guidelines recommend surgery for individuals with BMI 35 kg/m2 or higher regardless of co-morbidities, and consideration for selected individuals with lower BMI, metabolic disease, or unsuccessful nonsurgical treatment. Procedures include sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, and one-anastomosis gastric bypass.
