Comment on: Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly: Outcomes Analysis of Patients over 70 using the aCS-NSQIP Database

I would like to congratulate Pechman DM, et al. on their contribution to the pertinent area of bariatric surgery in elderly patients. Many articles have outlined the safety of both Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy in geriatric patients. Here, the authors use American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) data to estimate the morbidity and mortality in patients over the age of 70 who had bariatric surgery.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research