Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity – (03-22-04)



Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity Leads to an Increase in Bone Turnover and a Decrease in Bone Mass

I’m sure if I thought about it there may actually be a good reason to perform a gastric bypass, I would guess the majority of these surgeries done would not fall into my category.

Who ever developed this surgery?? Hey–let’s bypass an essential component of human health so a patient can lose some weight!!!

JCEM — Abstracts: Coates et al. 89 (3): 1061 –

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