It’s been a while since I looked into weight loss surgery, but when I did the rate of complications was enormous. “People should treat this as a series of surgeries and consider themselves lucky if it only takes one” level. Even then it was still worth it at a certain risk level, and >35 may be the right cut-off. But the discussion feels incomplete without a hard look at the risks.
This source here suggests complication rates between 15 and 5 percent, readmission rates between 6 and 3 percent, and reoperation between 3.5 and 1.5 percent of the time, depending on the skill of the surgeon. Empirically, broad overall health outcomes improve, so while it’d be good to do a deeper dive on accidents, my prediction is that it will not change the calculus (except perhaps how much hard to look for good doctors).
It’s been a while since I looked into weight loss surgery, but when I did the rate of complications was enormous. “People should treat this as a series of surgeries and consider themselves lucky if it only takes one” level. Even then it was still worth it at a certain risk level, and >35 may be the right cut-off. But the discussion feels incomplete without a hard look at the risks.
This source here suggests complication rates between 15 and 5 percent, readmission rates between 6 and 3 percent, and reoperation between 3.5 and 1.5 percent of the time, depending on the skill of the surgeon. Empirically, broad overall health outcomes improve, so while it’d be good to do a deeper dive on accidents, my prediction is that it will not change the calculus (except perhaps how much hard to look for good doctors).