LEGAL DISCLOSURE: The Center for Bariatric Surgery Website is designed as an educational resource for those interested in this particular treatment for morbid obesity. It is not intended to guide treatment, procedure or by any means counter the propriety of a determined treatment by a trained health care professional. This website does not include detailed information on other weight management procedures or treatments. In determining the propriety of any specific treatment, procedure, or test, each physician and other health care professional should apply his/her own professional judgment to the specific circumstances presented by the individual. This website was developed exclusively for the purpose stated above and utilization for any other purpose is outside the scope of of this website.