Susan’s 1 in 200 deaths
What contributes? Heart attack, stroke, blood clots, complications, etc.
A better question is what is the mortality rate for ALL surgeries? Mortality
rate for all surgeries is about 1%, for WLS is about 1.5%. And remember that
ALL WLS patients are morbidly obese, a population which has a higher mortality
rate for any procedure. And lots of patients are SMO . . . huge risks!
Literally.
The stats I quoted above were what I found about 18 months ago . . . your number
1:200, is .5%. One half of one percent. Hardly high risk . . .
Pray if you do that, calm down, and support your daughter. She doesn’t need to
be stressed by family’s attitudes. Surgery is stressful enough.
Maybe doing some research will make you feel better?
RAchel
From: “Susan” <la1787@…
Subject: 1 in 200 Deaths
My daughter is schedule for the surgery in 2 weeks and lately the
news has been drumming 1 in 200 deaths caused by gastric bypass
surgery. this is causing me to be more alarmed and concern. I
understand that there are no guarantees and surgery is a risk. But
the percentage of odds is too high. What contributes to the death of
someone who has undergone this procedure?
Rachel Hawkridge in Washington State.