Metabolic Surgery: Progenitor of Effective Therapy for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity.

Buchwald, Henry · Ann Surg · 2025

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Abstract

Metabolic surgery-operating on a normal organ for a beneficial metabolic gain-is not only an emerging discipline of surgery but the progenitor of therapy for the major global afflictions of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity, as well as at least 18 other disease entities.

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