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Medicare and Medicaid
Study findings from Case Western Reserve University, Department of Surgery broaden understanding of medicare and medicaid
July 15th, 2007
New investigation results, "Avoidance of complications in older patients and medicare recipients undergoing gastric bypass," are detailed in a study published in Archives of Surgery. "Perioperative morbidity and mortality do not increase in carefully evaluated and managed Medicare and elderly patients undergoing gastric bypass. Retrospective review of a prospectively maintained bariatric database," investigators in the United States report. "Academic tertiary care medical center. We reviewed our database of 928 consecutive patients who underwent gastric bypass from March 24, 1998, through May 31, 2006. Of these patients, 36 underwent revision surgery and were...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2007-07-15)
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