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Arch Surg -- Abstract: Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, M... - 0 views

  • nearly 50% of the patients required removal of their bands (contributing to a reoperation rate of 60%), LAGB appears to result in relatively poor long-term outcomes.
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    Gastric Banding has poor long-term outcomes and results in 50% removal rate
Nathan Goodyear

Early Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Bariatric Surgical Procedures, ... - 0 views

  • Patients aged 65 years or older had a substantially higher risk of death within the early postoperative period than younger patients.
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    Age has direct impact on postoperative complication rate in weight loss surgeries
Nathan Goodyear

Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery : Medical Care - 0 views

  • ntrast to current bariatric studies, which report a 20% in-hospital complication rate, we find a significantly higher complication rate over the 6 months after surgery, resulting in costly readmissions and emergency room visits
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    complication rates for weight loss surgery start at 20% and go up from there.
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TBioMed | Full text | Arterial hypertension due to fructose ingestion: model based on i... - 0 views

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    fructose (HCFS) leads to increase in blood pressure.  Similar problem is also seen in post-gastric surgery for weight loss.
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