Rogers E L
South Med J. 1981 Jan;74(1):47-52. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198101000-00018.
Morbid obesity (100 pounds over ideal body weight) carries with it numerous medical complications and increased mortality which can be improved by weight loss. Medical treatment of obesity is usually not successful, and jejunoileal bypass surgery often produces considerable chronic morbidity which seriously compromises its benefits. Gastric bypass is equally effective and avoids the most severe long-term complications of jejunoileal bypass, but has a higher operative morbidity. Gastric plication will perhaps offer the least operative and chronic morbidity, though few long-term statistics are as yet available.
病态肥胖（比理想体重超出100磅）会带来众多医学并发症并增加死亡率，而通过减肥这些情况可以得到改善。肥胖的医学治疗通常并不成功，空肠回肠分流术常常会产生相当多的慢性发病率，严重损害了其益处。胃旁路手术同样有效，且避免了空肠回肠分流术最严重的长期并发症，但手术发病率较高。胃折叠术可能带来的手术和慢性发病率最低，不过目前还缺乏长期统计数据。
