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Do Gastric Bypass Patients Usually Die 10-15 Years After Surgery? Is This True?

I read this somewhere and i am considering having surgery, think it was due to problems in nutritional deficiencies. can you help clarify? thanks.

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1 in 50 Gastric Bypass Patients Die Within 1 Month - True?

This statistic scares me. I have read this and want to know if it's true, and why. My surgeon says he has a 1 in 300 death rate, but that's...

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