Is Gastric Bypass Surgery really safe?

All surgerys present certain risk, you are the only person who can decide if the pros outweight the cons. If you are "Iffy" about it, DONT RUSH, take your time and gather adequate information. Do your research, not just on the surgery itself, but on the doctor performing the procedure, the hospital and their infection rate, anesthesia, present illness or problems that may increase surgical and anesthesia problems (eg. heart probs, Diabetes, respiratory illness, obesity, weak immune system) good luch best wishes in your descion

New writer: The latest data on the mortality rate (deaths within the first 30 days after surgery) is less than 1 in 100 for all bariatric surgery types. People often quote old data related to gastric bypass saying that 2 in 100 die. Those statistics have improved dramatically over the last several years. The latest data show that the overall complication rate over time hovers around 20% with about 5% having a serious complication within the first 5 years.

A 2007 Swedish study showed that obese people who elect to have bariatric surgery have a 40% lower Death Rate after 10 years than those obese people who did not have surgery. This begins to answer an oft discussed question related to which is safer... staying obese or having the surgery. Based in this Excellent study and others, the evidence is very strong that the surgery is much safer than staying obese.