Örebro Studies in Medicine 210 I
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mustafa m.-rafea raoof, md, was born in 1966 and raised in Kerkuk, Iraq. He studied medicine at Erbil Medical College (former Salahaddin Medical College, Salahaddin University) and received his medical degree in 1990. After completing his internship in Gällivare Hospital he started his surgical training at the combined Department of Surgery at Lindesberg Hospital and Örebro University Hospital. He became specialist in general surgery in 2003. He is currently working as a senior surgeon in the upper gastrointestinal section of the combined Department of Surgery at Lindesberg Hospital and Örebro University Hospital.
Over recent decades, overweight and obesity have increased throughout the world. This unprecedented development has been described as an ”obesity epidemic” in some countries. At present, in order to achieve long-term sustainable results, surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. The aim of this thesis has been to understand and improve the long-term effects of bariatric surgery (gastric bypass) on quality-of-life and bone mineral density.
issn 1652-4063 isbn 978-91-7529-333-2
