Question:
Where I can find studies that have been done on long-term health 5-25 yrs after WLS?

   — Tiffany A. (posted on September 22, 2003)

September 22, 2003
It's not clear to me how many post-op years were examined in this article about one post-op study on life expectacy after gastric bypass, but for what it's worth, there's this one:<P>http://www.facs.org/2002clincon/press/prpope.html<P>I'm not sure you could find a useful study that goes back 25 years. I think the present-day gastric bypass is a very different operation than the "stomach stapling" operations that were done 25 years ago.
   — Suzy C.

September 22, 2003
The best info I've found is at the site of the Association of Bariatric Surgeons, www.asbs.org. The Rational for Surgery section is long, informative, and cites various studies done. HTH. Nina in Maine
   — [Deactivated Member]

September 22, 2003
You might also want to look at http://gastricbypass.netfirms.com that has some very informative studies.
   — SteveColarossi

September 22, 2003
Personally, I would not believe anything that was contained (or linked to) from Sue Widemark's site (the link that Steve posted). Sue is very anti-WLS...JR
   — John Rushton