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What Is Responsible for Diabetes Remission After Bariatric Surgery?
Published: June, 2009
(General Surgery News) -- Why and how bariatric procedures affect diabetes is the subject of scientific debate. Experts weigh in on the discussion.
Bariatric surgery not riskier for seniors
Published: June 26, 2009 at 12:32 AM
DALLAS, June 26 (UPI) -- Bariatric surgery in the older population is underutilized because of a misperception that old age alone puts patients at higher risk, U.S. researchers say.
Co-author Dr. Joseph Kuhn of the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas said the study found seniors can benefit just as much as younger people from bariatric surgery without taking on additional risk.
Researchers from Baylor University Medical Center analyzed a prospective database of 100 patients age 65 and older and compared safety and outcomes to those of a younger population. All patients had laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery between January 2005 and July 2008.