Low overall mortality during 10 years of bariatric surgery: nationwide study on 63,469 procedures from the Scandinavian Obesity Registry.

CONCLUSIONS: The low 90-day and 1-year mortality, .06% and .19%, respectively, demonstrates that bariatric surgery in Sweden is safe. The use of antidepressants and 2 serious postoperative complications were the most significant risk factors for early deaths, while increased age and preoperative abdominal circumference also contributed at 1 year. PMID: 31753796 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research