Complications, death rates similar at bariatric surgery centers of excellence, other hospitals

Monday, April 20, 2009 - 15:42 in Health & Medicine

Patients who undergo bariatric surgery at hospitals designated as centers of excellence do not appear to have lower mortality rates or lower rates of complications than those whose procedures are performed at other hospitals, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Surgery,.

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