Weight Loss Surgery Complications
The following list is not all inclusive but briefly outlines risks of gastric bypass and gastric sleeve.
Weight loss surgery complications. This implies that it does not remove any kind of tissue from your body. Fig 1 early post surgery mortality rate after roux en y gastric bypass as compared to other surgeries in patients with diabetes 1 as is evident from the graph complications and mortality after bariatric surgery is comparable to other surgeries like a laparoscopic hysterectomy removal of the uterus appendicectomy cholecystectomy gall bladder removal or a total knee arthroplasty. Overview of bariatric surgery risks and complications by procedure.
Risks and side effects vary by bariatric procedure. Before getting into bariatric surgery and its disadvantages in details there are few things you must know about the side effects of bariatric surgery. While bariatric surgery is one of the safest groups of procedures with a mortality rate of only 0 1 and with over 250 000 overweight and obese people undergoing it annually it still entails a series of postoperative complications which can ensue immediately afterward or over the years.
Weight loss surgery is not cosmetic surgery. In fact after weight loss surgery you may have extra skin also.