Indications for Surgery for Obesity and Weight-Related Diseases: Position Statements from the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

Maurizio De Luca^{a b}✉, Luigi Angrisani^c, JACQUES M. HIMPENS^d, Luca Busetto^e, Nicola Scopinaro^f, Rudolf Alfred Weiner^g, Alberto Sartori^b, Christine Karolina Stier^g, Muffazal A. Lakdawala^h, Aparna Govil Bhasker^h, Hēnry Buchwaldⁱ, John B. Dixon^j, Sonja Chiappetta^g, Hans‐Christian Kolberg^k, Gema Frühbeck^l, David B. Sarwer^m, Michel Suterⁿ, Emanuele Soricelli^o, Mattias Blüher^p, Ramón Vilallonga^q, Arya Mitra Sharma^r, Scott Alan Shikora^s

1. ^aDirector Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy. nnwdel@tin.it
2. ^bDirector Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy
3. ^cUniversity Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
4. ^dThe European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium
5. ^eUniversity of Padua, Padua, Italy
6. ^fUniverity of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
7. ^gSana Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany
8. ^hCODS, Saifee, Hospital, Mumbay, India
9. ⁱUniverity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
10. ^jBaker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
11. ^kGynecologyc and Obstretics Clinic, Marienhospital, Bottrop, Germany
12. ^lClinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
13. ^mTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA