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

Gastric bypass surgery will increase not decrease your life-span.  Morbid obese patients die 12 - 15 years earlier than normal weight persons.  Patient that undergo bariatric surgery decrease their 5 year mortality by up to 89%.  Weight loss surgery is the recommended treatment for patients that suffer from morbid obesity.  it decreases most of the medical problems related to obesity like diabetes and heart disease which results in decreased mortality.

Hello, 
Thank you for your question. Congratulations on considering this life-changing surgery. I’m delighted that you are doing your homework to educate yourself on the procedure and saddened to learn you are finding such incorrect and misguided information.
I echo the responses of my colleagues in this forum: the assertion that gastric patients usually die 10-15 years after surgery is not only blatantly false, it opposes the reality that gastric bypass surgery extends the length and improves the quality of life of most patients.
A video consultation with a bariatric (obesity) surgeon will be able to further answer this question and any others you may have. Congratulations on reaching out for evidence-based information. I wish you all the best.
Kind regards,
Dr. Moein

 I am neither a bariatric surgeon nor a proponent of surgical weight loss, but a ten year mortality following this surgery is not the standard.  Unfortunately, some will never lose weight without the assistance of surgery.  There are nutritional deficiencies associated with this surgery, but they can be amended with supplements.  Sometimes the health benefits such as resolution of diabetes and improvement of osteoarthritis outweigh the risks.