Bariatric surgery facilities and providers 3M employees receive the highest level of benefits for bariatric surgery when choosing a surgeon that practices at one of the hospitals listed below. These hospitals have been identified as Centers of Excellence (COE) based on a combination of cost, quality...
"The mortality risk of a bariatric procedure is highly dependent on the patient and on the risk factors the patient brings to the operating table," Philip Schauer, MD, president of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, told Medscape. Dr. Schauer was not involved in this study but was ...