Title: To Help Keep Weight Off, Turn to the Web Category: Health News Created: 7/27/2010 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2010
For weight-loss surgery, "Centers of Excellence" may not be any safer than their undistinguished peers, a study of 25 Michigan hospitals suggests.
Hospitals that perform the most bariatric weight-loss procedures have fewer serious complications within the first month after surgery, according to a University of Michigan study.