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Bariatric surgery associated with longer life expectancy – News-Medical.Net
People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those given conventional treatment for their obesity, a Universi…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 15 2020
People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those given conventional treatment for their obesity, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Compared with the general population, however, both groups’ excess mortality is high.
The results published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) are based on the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study, which started in 1987 and is led from the Sahlgrenska A…
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