BS procedures were identified based on ICD-10 and national surgical codes. Statistical analyses were performed with R. RESULTS :During the study period 27,375 BS were performed. The annual BS caseload doubled over time, whereas inpatient complications decreased (-33%). RYGB was the prevailing ...
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Concomitant cholecystectomy and laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery have decreased significantly over the last decade. Given the higher rates of postoperative complications, reinterventions, mortality, as well as longer hospital stay, concomitant cholecystectomy should only be considered in patients with symptom...
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treating obesity and its complications has been estimated to cost approximately $92 billion a year.bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective and enduring option in treating the morbidly obese. in the 10-year swedish obesity study, gastric bypass surgery patients showed greater long-term...
Differences in reintervention rates between Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), the most common contemporary bariatric procedures, have been understudied.1,7-9Most relevant prior comparative studies have examined reoperation rates by 30 days10-12or 1 to 2 years...