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Title
Survival among high-risk patients after bariatric surgery.
Authors
Maciejewski, Matthew L; Livingston, Edward H; Smith, Valerie A; Kavee, Andrew L; Kahwati, Leila C; Henderson, William G; Arterburn, David E
Abstract
Existing evidence of the survival associated with bariatric surgery is based on cohort studies of predominantly younger women with a low inherent obesity-related mortality risk. The association of survival and bariatric surgery for older men is less clear.