I just got my date just a lil nervous what is the mortality rate?

my doctor has never lost one...

he's done more than 1000

you have to do exactly what your doctor says to do though.

No messing around with the diet after and walk and drink and all that.

So the doc does his part...we do ours...and we should be ok....it's supposed to

be a much safer surgery than the bypass...because they don't mess with your

intestines....:crying:

I think that is a question for your doctor. I know each ones stats are different. Ask how many sleeves he/she has done and if anyone has died. My surgeon did have one death but the person had alot of other health issues when they had surgery.

Page 2, last entry for mortality percent the ASMBS found during their studies on VSG.

http://www.asmbs.org/Newsite07/resources/Updated_Position_Statement_on_Sleeve_Gastrectomy.pdf

Page 3 lists Co-Morbidity resolution

Page 5 lists all of the referenced studies and articles, if you feel geeky, or want to do more research, you can google those, and they will pop right into your browser. Some of the articles you will only have access to the archive, or abstract, some require a nominal fee for the full article. I found the information from these sources, and other true medical research on gastrectomies very helpful during my research phase.