RT Journal
A1 Brolin RE
T1 GAstric restrictive surgery
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD September 1
VO 262
IS 9
SP 1188
OP 1188
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03430090050029
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430090050029
AB To the Editor. — 
    This letter pertains to the DATTA survey on gastric restrictive surgery for morbid obesity published in the March 10 issue of JAMA.1 I think the editors are to be commended for publishing this survey in a journal that has a predominantly nonsurgical readership. The discussion of the subject of surgical treatment for morbid obesity that followed the results of the survey was succinct, up-to-date, and accurate. However, as a surgeon who has performed gastric restriction operations for more than 8 years, I was distressed by the fact that such a large minority of the respondents thought gastric bypass and vertical banded gastroplasty to be investigational. These two operations have been used in the treatment of morbid obesity for nearly a decade. It has been estimated that more than 25 000 gastric restriction operations are performed annually in the United States for treatment of morbid obesity.