Quick Take Fracture risk after RouxenY gastric bypass adjustable gastric banding among Medicare beneficiaries

Quick Take: Fracture risk after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass adjustable gastric banding among Medicare beneficiaries

06:00 EDT 26 May 2019 | 2 Minute Medicine

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with significant bone loss and may increase fracture risk as a result. This is in contrast to other bariatric procedures, such as adjustable gastric banding (AGB), which has not been found to confer the same fracture risk to date. In this retrospective cohort study, 42,345 severely obese adults that […]
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