It's sort of that perfect storm, where several things happened relatively at the same time. |
That's what really started the dominoes falling. So in the last five to seven years, you see this geometric increase in the volumes across the country. |
The death rate in this country from gastric bypass surgery is probably all less than 1 percent. But if you stratify that by ages of patients, risk class of patients and then also the surgeon's (years of) experience, then there are groups that are at a higher risk. |