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Morbid obesity is related to a severe decrease in life expectancy. No medical or dietary treatment offers an alternative to control hypertension, apnea syndrome, orthopedic diseases, ..., caused by overweight. With respect to a serious preoperative evaluation and a severe selection (psychologic, dietetic, ...) Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty is considered in our experience (more than 300 cases) and in the literature as the gold standard for surgical treatment of obesity. The long term follow-up (24-66 months) of 100 consecutive operated patients shows a positive response on hypertension (96%), apnea syndrome (92%), diabetes (85%), gastroesophageal reflux (76%), orthopedic diseases (74%) and cardiorespiratory insufficiency (74%). Considering our experience in the medical and surgical management of patients operated in our department or referred from other centers for complications after different procedures, we actually propose SRVG as the treatment of choice for morbid obesity.
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