Study examines outcomes of gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese and superobese patients
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 15:42
in Health & Medicine
Superobese gastric bypass patients appear to have improvements in quality of life and obesity-related co-existing conditions, and despite losing weight remain obese after surgery, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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