'Superobesity,' chronic disease burden associated with risk of death following bariatric surgery

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 04:56 in Health & Medicine

Veterans classified as superobese and those with a higher chronic disease burden appear more likely to die within a year of having bariatric surgery, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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