Sixty-six (66) patients who had unsatisfactory weight loss following gastric bypass surgery, but who underwent a second surgery to revise the procedure to distal/malabsorptive Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in 49 cases, restapled without malabsorption in 12 cases, and 5 loop bypasses revised to standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, lost an average of 71 pounds or 11 units of body mass index (BMI) after having a according to an analysis by two surgeons.

Patients who had unsatisfactory weight loss following jejunoileal bypass weight loss surgery, but who underwent a second surgery to revise the procedure to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in 13 people and gastroplasty in one person, lost an average of 90 pounds or 17 units of body mass index (BMI) after having a according to an analysis by two surgeons.

Seventy (70) patients who had unsatisfactory weight loss following gastroplasty/banding weight loss surgery, but who underwent a second surgery to revise the procedure to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, lost an average of 113 pounds or 16 units of body mass index (BMI) after having a according to an analysis by two surgeons.

People who were morbidly obese had lost 80 percent of their excess body weight two years after having silicone ring Roux-en-Y gastric bypass weight loss surgery according to a study from researchers at the University of Sao Paulo’s School of Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The risk of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass weight loss surgery include “infrequent but serious surgical complications, eg, pulmonary embolism, intestinal leak, wound infection, and staple line failure; long-term deficiencies of iron, calcium, vitamin B12, and vitamin D; and the possibility of weight regain, [although the] benefits have been found to outweigh these risks,” according to a new review paper on weight loss surgery by George Blackburn from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

Weight loss surgery causes 51 to 81 pounds more weight loss than with other methods and is maintained for at least eight years according to a review paper from the United Kingdom.

People lost an average of 76 lbs in six months, 97 lbs in one year following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery according to a new paper from researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. USA.

Seriously obese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery lost 29% of their body weight after six months according to a recent study.

This represented 60% of their excess body weight.

Patients who underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass weight loss surgery lost a similar amount of weight whether they were following a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet or a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet according to a new study from researchers at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

The cost of bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients, that is those with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more and a cost which ranged from approximately $17,000 to $26,000, was recouped in 2 to 4 years in reduced medical costs according to a new study.

A year-and-a-half after surgery, those who underwent open surgery had medical savings of $500 per month.

Slightly more than a year after surgery (13 months later), those who underwent laparoscopic surgery had medical savings of $900 per month.

Type 2 diabetes is improved or resolved in 88 percent of people who lose even 30 percent of their excess weight following weight loss surgery according to findings presented on June 18th, 2008 in Washington, DC at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.

Researchers from New York University School of Medicine followed 50 patients for two years who had undergone gastric band surgery.

Patients who underwent weight loss surgery were 76 percent less likely to get cancer for the 5 years following their surgery compared to people who did not according to a study presented on June 18th, 2008 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Dr. Nicolas Christou, director of bariatric surgery at McGill University.

Only 2 percent of those who had surgery were diagnosed with cancer during the first 5 years after their surgery compared to 8.5 percent of people who did not have surgery.

Patients in the surgery group lost an average of two-thirds of their excess body weight.

The risk of death from suicide following obesity surgery is 5-10 times higher than expected among women and 6-8 times higher among men according to a study which analyzed data from 16,683 people in Pennsylvania who had surgery between 1995 and 2004.

The risk of death following obesity surgery is lower in women than men according to a study which analyzed data from 16,683 people in Pennsylvania who had surgery between 1995 and 2004.

One out of every 110 patients—0.9 percent—who underwent obesity surgery died within the first month according to a study which analyzed data from 16,683 people in Pennsylvania who had surgery between 1995 and 2004.

The risk of death within the first month following obesity surgery increases with age according to a study which analyzed data from 16,683 people in Pennsylvania who had surgery between 1995 and 2004. The risk of early death was as low as 0.4 percent in those 25-34, and as high as 3.1 percent for those 65 and older.

The risk of death following obesity surgery is approximately 1 percent after accounting for the approximate 1 percent of early deaths occurring in the first month according to a study which analyzed data from 16,683 people in Pennsylvania who had surgery between 1995 and 2004.

People who underwent weight loss surgery were 40 percent less likely to die during an average follow-up of 7.1 years according to a study from researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

People who underwent weight loss surgery were 56 percent less likely to die from coronary artery disease during an average follow-up of 7.1 years according to a study from researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

People who underwent weight loss surgery were 92 percent less likely to die from diabetes during an average follow-up of 7.1 years according to a study from researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

People who underwent weight loss surgery were 60 percent less likely to die from cancer during an average follow-up of 7.1 years according to a study from researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

People who underwent weight loss surgery were 58 percent more likely to die from “death not caused by disease, such as accidents and suicide” during an average follow-up of 7.1 years according to a study from researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Swedish adjustable gastric banding causes patients to lose an average of 61 percent of their excess body weight for at least 7 years after surgery according to a review from Switzerland of 196 patients.

Gastric bypass causes a maximum average weight loss of 32 percent after 1-2 years, and a sustained average weight loss of 25 percent after 10 years according to the Swedish Obese Subjects study.

Vertical-banded gastroplasty weight loss surgery causes a maximum average weight loss of 25 percent after 1-2 years, and a sustained average weight loss of 16 percent after 10 years according to the Swedish Obese Subjects study.