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Nov 03, 2011 within the first 2 years of surgery, patients typically lose 75% of the extra weight they were carrying. In april 2003 patt levine underwent lapband gastric surgery, one of the primary bariatric surgeries being widely practiced today. The aim of this study was to examine if significant weight loss that occurs after bariatric surgery is associated with improved cardiopulmonary functional capacity 6 months after the surgical procedure, and if surgically induced weight loss has an effect on existing cardiovascular risk factors. Personality change after bariatric surgery and bariatric. After investing so much time to get your body where you want it, is having the. The big book on bariatric surgery is easy to read and conversational, but packed with indispensable information and ideas for success after weight loss surgery.
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