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Smoking and Gastric Bypass Surgery

My doctor said point blank that he doesn't operate on smokers but he doesn't care if you start smoking again after surgery. Why? What are the surgical risks?

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Dr. Ariel Ortiz, MD, FACS
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Dr. Cesare Peraglie, MD
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Dr. H. Joseph Naim, MD, FACS
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Dr. Lloyd Stegemann, MD, FASMBS
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Dr. Ricardo M. Bonnor, MD, FACS
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Dr. Shawn Garber, MD, FACS, FASMBS
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