Why perioperative risk ‘should not be deciding factor’ for bariatric surgery choice
Patients experienced similar outcomes for the two main surgery approaches, authors find.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have similarly low perioperative risk among adults with obesity, according to a Swedish study.
University of Gothenburg researchers looked at outcomes for adult patients undergoing the two kinds of surgery at university, regional, county or private hospitals in Sweden and Norway.
