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Study says extreme obesity should not block bariatric surgery
Key Takeaways
- Researchers analyzed 1,262,454 bariatric surgery patients from 2015 to 2023.
- They found 5.3% had a BMI of 60 or higher, while about 1.1% of surgeries each year involved patients with a BMI of 70 or higher.
- The study says these patients carry more complications and comorbidities, but their overall surgical risk remains relatively low and should not automatically exclude them from care.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com