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August 12, 2004
Gastric Bypass Facts
I doubt any of us know anyone that has had or is likely to have gastric bypass surgery, but maybe you saw Supersize Me. In that flick was a guy who lost 100 pounds after his gastric bypass. They reduced the size of his stomach to the size of an apple. I don't know how large a normal stomach should be, but, an apple?
Anyway, here are some frightening facts about the procedure, including: "Some patients get loose bowels with the BPD (several soft bowel movements a day)", and more alarming: "Gastric bypasses have been done for 40 years yet we have access to little to no statistics on long term results."
Read all about it here.
Posted by JonasParker at August 12, 2004 11:23 AM
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