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Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: current evidence
Stacy A Brethauer1, Bipan Chand, Philip R Schauer
1Section of Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. schauep@ccf.org
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|November 30, 2006
Abstract:
Patients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment.
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