Examining association between weight loss before bariatric surgery, risk of death after surgery


What The Study Did:

Researchers looked at whether a patient’s body weight and weight loss before bariatric surgery were associated with risk of death within 30 days after surgery using data from nearly 500,000 patients in the U.S. and Canada.


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Wei Bao, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Iowa College of Public Health in Iowa City, is the corresponding author.


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