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Originally Posted by court5505
1 in 50 people that have gastric bypass die within a month. Again, I'm not trying to be negative, but it is definitely worth taking a serious look at.
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That's about as a high a mortality rate as I could find anywhere. The most commonly quoted figure is about 0.5%. I've seen overall rates quoted as low as 1/350. It also depends very much upon the surgeon who does the procedure, and the hospital at which it's performed. If you're considering it, find a surgeon that specializes in it and have it done at a hospital with staff trained for proper post-operative care. Mortality rates for the top surgeons are closer to 1/1000 than 1/50.
Whatever the figure on mortality after surgery, however, the evidence is overwhelming that people who are morbidly obese and have the surgery have a much lower overall mortality rate than those that don't. In short, it's a bigger risk to do nothing than to have this major surgical operation.