Weight Loss Surgery Increases Fracture Risk

http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com Weight-Loss Surgery May Increase Fracture Risk.
Nancy Walsh writing in Reuter’s reported that fracture risk following weight-loss surgery may be even higher than initially thought, according to a findings presented at the Endocrine's Society's annual meeting in Massachusetts. For the study, Kelly Nakamura, medical student at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, followed 258 patients who had bariatric surgery and found that over nine years, 79 of the patients experienced a total of 132 fractures. The first breaks, on average, occurred at about six years post-surgery.