Núcleo de Tratamento e Cirurgia da Obesidade
Address Brazil:
Rua Agnelo de Brito, 187
1ro. Andar - Bairro Federação
Salvador - BAHIA - Brazil
CEP 40210-245
TELEPHONES / FAX:
+55 71 3235-1342 / 3235-1952
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Morbid Definition
The morbidly obese patients are the ones with 45kg over their ideal weight (BMI 40kg/m2 or more), that usually have a high index of complicated disease associated to the quantity of fat in their organism.
Those cases are the ones that conventional treatment do not show satisfactory results, neither loss, nor the maintenance of weight loss.
Cases that the surgery is indicated can be the best option for an efficient treatment for the disease. So, we will have not only esthetic excellent results of the weight loss, but also the improvement and even the cure of metabolic disturbs like: diabetes mellitus type II, premetabolic syndrome, dislipidemia and other co-morbidities.