''Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
medical journal
A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals.
History
The first ...
covering the use of
surgery
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
to treat
obesity and related medical conditions. It was established in 2005 and is published by
Elsevier. It is the official journal of the
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is a non-profit medical organization dedicated to metabolic and bariatric surgery, and obesity-related diseases and conditions. It was established in 1983, and its stated vision is ...
, the
Brazilian Society for Bariatric Surgery, and the
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cirujanos Endoscopistas. The
editors-in-chief are Harvey Sugerman and Raul J. Rosenthal. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2016
impact factor of 4.496.
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Academic journals established in 2005
Bimonthly journals
Elsevier academic journals
English-language journals
Obesity journals
Surgery journals
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