Chirurgia Bucharest
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bariatric surgery presented a dramatic increase due to the obesity epidemics and the laparoscopic approach. General surgeons might face acute or chronic complications of bariatric surgery, considering the increasing figures of obesity procedures performed every year in USA, as well as in Europe. ⋯ General surgeon has to know the most diffuse bariatric procedures and their complications and to treat them as other gastrointestinal surgical procedures. Minimally-invasive approach should be considered in most of the cases, but the approach depends on the general surgeon's experience.