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Can you please tell me the mean weight loss 6 months after gastric bypass?

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Dr. Elias Chousleb Mizrahi answered

Specializes in Bariatrics

Bypass: Variable depending on each patient and how committed the patient is average weight loss is about 60-70% excesss body weight at one year.

Answered 4/7/2013

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