Publications by authors named "Jose Ignacio Blanco"

Bariatric Surgery is currently the best treatment option for patients with Morbid Obesity and a Body Mass Index ≥ 40 kg/m2. Despite its high rate of postoperative and nutritional complications, biliopancreatic diversion (Scopinaro s procedure) has shown best results in terms of excess weight loss and improving obesity-associated diseases. This technique was performed on a 52-year-old woman (weight = 174 Kg, height = 152 cm, BMI= 75.

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