Metabolic surgery: present and future

• 来源期刊: 生物医学研究杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（2）
• 页码范围: 91-92
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.7555/JBR.29.20150033

摘要

Several articles in this issue of the Journal cover a broad range of the new concepts of metabolic surgery,the mechanisms that leads to sustained metabolic syndrome remission,the new surgical procedures,and the perspective of surgeons and endocrinologists. Obesity is a global health concern.Health surveys from 2005 revealed that the number of overweight and obese individuals in China were 200 million and 60 million,respectively[1].The rising prevalence of obesity is causing a major health burden in terms of morbidity and mortality[2].The complications of obesity and comorbidities,such as hypertension,coronary heart disease,type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM),hyperlipidemia,osteoarthrosis,and an increase in cancer risk,are placing growing demand on healthcare resources[3].The metabolic surgery has been widely recommended as the only effective management for obesity and related metabolic syndromes[4].The global total number of metabolic surgical procedures increased very quickly.In 2011,the global total number was 340,768,and surgeons was 6,705[5].