The study was conducted in Taiwan and led by senior study author, Kuo-Chin Huang, MD, of the College of Medicine at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. It identified 2,064 patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2001 and 2009, and compared them with 5,027 similarly obese patients who did not have the surgeries.
Here are five key notes:
1. People who had weight loss surgery had a 21 percent higher risk of breaking a bone in the next five years.
2. Patients who underwent malabsorptive procedures were 47 percent more likely to experience a fracture during 12 years of follow-up compared to those who did not have the surgery.
3. Researchers found no increase in bone fracture risk among patients who had the restrictive type surgeries, such as gastric banding.
4. According to Dr. Huang, over the last decade, the use of bariatric surgery has increased seven-fold.
5. Bariatric surgery has other helpful benefits, such as reducing or reversing disease like type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
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