Model estimates risks and benefits of bariatric surgery for severely obese

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 06:28 in Health & Medicine

A computerised model suggests that most morbidly obese individuals would likely live longer if they had gastric bypass surgery, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, the best decision for individual patients varies based on factors such as age, increasing body mass index and the effectiveness of surgery...

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