Health Tip: Planning Obesity Surgery?
Fri Dec 8, 11:48 PM ET

(HealthDay News) -- Obesity surgery helps severely obese people lose weight by reducing the size of the stomach, by bypassing a portion of the body's digestive system, or a combination of these procedures.

But the American Obesity Association warns that the surgery does have potential risks. Here are some factors to consider on the association's list of possible complications:
Nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain from overeating.
Gastrointestinal fluids leaking into the abdominal area.
Restrictive bands slipping out of place or eroding.
Restrictive staples detaching or eroding.