On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 04:29:39 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote in

knee replacement surgery is BAD NEWS, for the morbidly obese. My surgeon said it invaribly fails, so when anyone 80 or 100 pounds or more comes in for a knee or hip replacement he refers them for weight loss surgery. Sadly only about 1% of the morbid obese are able to lose most of the weight and keep it off 5 years

99% fail

And there are a lot of morbidly obese people in the U.S.

But keep in mind that even if the surgery invariably fails a few years
down the road, the medical people still got paid.
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