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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 25 > Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?

Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?

By Lauran Neergaard / The Bulletin
June 25, 2009

WASHINGTON — It isn’t just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too.

Doctors don’t yet know how likely patients’ bones are to thin enough to break in the years after surgery. But one of the first attempts....

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