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The ballooning cost of weight-loss ops: One in five need revision or repeat surgery

By
Daily Mail Reporter


Published:

17:35 EST, 31 March 2014

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Updated:

17:50 EST, 31 March 2014

One
in five weight-loss operations fails  because the patient actually
gains weight or doesn’t lose enough, according to a new study. As a
result, up to 18.4 per cent of cases needed revision or repeat surgery,
including having a gastric band replaced.

This
made the average cost
of the surgery at least £7,000 for each patient, said researchers at the
University of Alberta, Canada. It is the first analysis of the overall
cost-effectiveness of weight-loss surgery, including the added expense
of the repeat surgery.

Imperial College London has estimated that more than two?million people in England are eligible for obesity surgery on the NHS.

One in five weight-loss operations fails because the patient actually gains weight or doesn’t lose enough

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anish24,

Asia, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

Research parasite cleanse.

Phil,

London, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

Huge swathes of the population have never learnt to take responsibility for themselves, be it weight loss, finding a job or looking after their kids. They are so used to being served instant success on a plate so to speak – instant weight loss through surgery for example – they seize up like a rabbit in a headlight if asked to take responsibility for their own lives. Yes, there are many great exceptions but think about it, how many people do you know who’ll claim that it’s not their fault, then have KitKats for lunch?

Michael Haymar,

Oxford UK,

1 day ago

So 18.4 percent of weight-loss operations fail and require repeat surgery. What this article does not say is how many people die because of having weight-loss surgery. The answer is 2 percent. For every one hundred people who have surgery two will be dead within sixty days.

Phil.l,

Workington,

1 day ago

It’s about time we made anyone with a self inflicted illness pay for their treatment. These people are clogging up the NHS and are going to destroy it eventually, because the government isn’t going to keep throwing money at the health service for ever.

tinkerbelle,

lalaland, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

so thats just about everything then?

Liane,

East Grinstead,

1 day ago

So rugby players have to pay for their self-inflicted injuries? Pregnancy is also (mainly) self-inflicted…tell you what, lets scrap the NHS and adopt the US medical insurance idea instead shall we?

soulbeliever666,

doghole, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

food labels need to be seriously dumbed down for people to understand the amount of cals, fat sugar per portion or bar etc its not that hard to understand any way, woman should only consume 2000 cals while men 2500 a day (depending on situation or exercise etc) maybe a huge label saying what the cals are instead of a tiny one that you have to hunt for, like mars bars (54g) these are 242cals per bar now make that big clear then people may take notice and see that its a huge chunk of ones daily allownce will maybe think twice about eating 2-4 of them in a day?. problem with people isnt what they eat but how much they eat, something small may not seem a lot but the amount of fat and cals in it can be huge. I think that the NHS should promote slimming world whight watchers more instead of these ops because they only provide a lazy over priced way out of situation that people bring on them self when they need to learn to control understand what they they eat in the first place.

pete,

the real world, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

excellent comment! I totally agree.

JAYNE1963,

LEICESTER, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

The real best way is to only eat food that doesn’t have a nutritional label. Because that is food!!

Style_Icon,

England, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

Yet another excuse for the anti fat brigade to spout their ignorant comments!

Gary,

Leicester, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

Are you slightly on the rotund side given your defensiveness?

Amber,

PAPHOS, Cyprus,

2 days ago

In most cases obesity is caused by overeating and these people should not have surgery, they should consume less food. This is an area where the NHS could make massive savings and spend the money on more worthwhile causes.

nina,

owerthere, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

obsesity is caused by greed

Erinski,

Barrow, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

agreed, so many people with health conditions they have control for who are being denied of procedures and medication which will drastically improve their quality of life and then people who eat themselves into lard balls take up the funding!

Laughing Gravy,

Wirral,

2 days ago

Follow Sweden’s lifestyle guidelines. Eat a high fat, low carb diet. Weight literally falls off you until you reach your body’s natural weight.

Monica,

Hull,

1 day ago

Swedish advice has changed from a maximum 30% calories from fat to 40%, including less than 10% from saturated fat. Carbohydrate is now 45-60% instead of 50-60%, so it’s hardly most people’s idea of a high fat low carb diet.

Laughing Gravy,

Wirral,

2 days ago

So 80% are a success?

chris_,

Liverpool, United Kingdom,

2 days ago

perhaps if doctors just told people they need to move more and eat less/eat healthier foods there wouldn’t be a problem. Doctors are scared of upsetting people and people have had all responsibility for their actions and lives removed. I was fat, I changed my eating habits and started moving around more-I am now happier than ever-thats all because a doctor from Russia (i think) told me that I was obese. Political incorrectness changed my life for the better. Surgery is so common now and seen as an easy option-it needs to change

Daisybelle,

UK, United Kingdom,

2 days ago

Yet another reader jumping on the “it’s’ the doctors’ fault bandwagon”! What about people taking personal responsibility just like you did? Plus doctors DO tell people they are overweight, they even tell the families of obese children. It is a pre-requisite of weight loss surgery that patients have tried a healthier lifestyle first.

nina,

owerthere, United Kingdom,

1 day ago

if GPS told fat people to stop being greedy it would be a start. I don;t know one fat person who isn’t greedy – by that I mean eating more than they need.

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