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McGill University Health Centre
Waiting times too long for bariatric surgery
June 21st, 2009
This press release is available in French. Montreal, June 3rd 2009 - Obesity is now acknowledged as a chronic disease with a number of related complications, and its prevalence has reached alarming epidemic proportions. While bariatric surgery is effective at treating the disease, access to this procedure is still too limited in Canada. The latest article published by Dr. Nicolas Christou, of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), in the June issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery assesses the waiting times for this procedure. According to the study, the average waiting time for bariatric surgery in Canada is 5 years, a timeframe that is long compared with the...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2009-06-21)
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