Volume-outcome relationships for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients in the sleeve gastrectomy era.

Grace F ChaoJie YangJyothi ThummaKaran R ChhabraDavid E ArterburnAndrew RyanDana A TelemJustin B Dimick

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)

This is the first study to examine the association of surgeon RYGB volume with patient outcomes as the national experience with RYGB diminishes. Overall, surgeon RYGB volume does not appear to have a large effect on patient outcomes. Thus, patients can safely pursue RYGB in this early phase of the sleeve gastrectomy era.

Keyphrases

roux en y gastric bypass
weight loss
end stage renal disease
gastric bypass
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
obese patients
prognostic factors