Obese Seniors having gastric bypass surgery 10.10.05

Senior gastric bypass surgery is on the rise according to a new study. Despite being riskier for older people the weight loss surgical procedure still has its benefits. Current estimates place seniors as 1% of total gastric bypass patients.

"A soon-to-be published study of 27 gastric-bypass patients 65 and older who had surgery at the University of South Florida and the University of Miami also showed the procedure produced good results and improved quality of life with about the same rate of mortality and complications as seniors who have heart-bypass and hip replacement surgery. That's a mortality rate of about 2 percent to 4 percent, double the death rate for younger gastric-bypass patients. "

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