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INDICATIONS FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY PER OBESITY & METABOLIC SURGERY SOCIETY OF INDIA(OSSI):

  • BMI >37.5 without presence of any obesity related co-morbidities or
  • BMI > 32.5 with the presence of type 2 Diabetes / any obesity related co-morbidities
  • Patients motivated to lose weight and commitment to long term follow up
  • Patient should have attempted conservative methods of weight loss and failed
  • Bariatric Surgery to be considered only between ages of 18 - 65 years
  • Bariatric surgery may be considered in patients more than 65 years in the presence of severe obesity related co-morbidities / disability
  • Bariatric Surgery may be considered in patients < 18 years in special situations after pediatrician / endocrinology certification , but after attainment of puberty or completion of skeletal maturity

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

- William Osler

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