The latest evaluation of drastic weight-loss surgery provides both good news and not so good news for patients who are severely obese. The study by federal health analysts discovered that the death rate from so-called bariatric surgery was relatively low but that the rate of subsequent complications was twice as high as measured in previous studies to come patients for much shorter periods. Even so, for some people, the advantages of the drastic surgery, which typically involves shortening the intestines and reducing the size the stomach, must surely outweigh the risks.  MORE