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CHICAGO - The chances of dying within a year after obesity surgery are much higher than previously thought, even among people in their 30s and 40s, a study of more than 16,000 Medicare patients found.
Some previous studies of people in their 30s to their 50s - the most common ages for obesity surgery - found death rates well under 1 percent. But among 35- to 44-year-olds in the Medicare study, more than 5 percent of men and nearly 3 percent of women were dead within a year, and slightly higher rates were seen in patients 45 to 54.See the full content of this document
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Obesity Surgery Riskier Than Previously Thought
Among patients 65 to 74, nearly 13 percent of men and about 6 percent of women died...
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