Kauffels, Anne
Reichert, Martin
Sauerbier, Lisa
Hauenschild, Annette
Hecker, Andreas
Strowitzki, Moritz J.
Sprenger, Thilo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 24 July 2023
Accepted: 24 September 2023
First Online: 10 October 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: For this type of study, formal consent is not required. According to the policy of the International Federation for the Surgery for Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), we avoided the term “super-obese” for patients with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m<sup>2</sup>.