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. 1983 May-Jun;56(3):231–241.

The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Economic, Psychosocial, Ethical, Preventive, Medical Aspects of Health Care

Sylvia B Wrobel, Ward O Griffen Jr, James W Anderson, E Berton Whitaker, H Thomas Wiegert, Maureen Searle, Joseph Engelberg
PMCID: PMC2589669  PMID: 6140795

Abstract

Surgical treatment of morbid, familial, juvenile-onset obesity in a 37-year-old, 260-pound, mother of three children by jejunoileal bypass was subsequently converted to gastric bypass. The resulting weight loss of 110 pounds resulted in personality changes and changes in family dynamics and was followed by divorce. Medical, psychosocial, and economic aspects of the case are discussed.

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