Do all roads lead to Rome?: A retrospective analysis on surgical technique in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

CONCLUSION: Certain surgical techniques in RYGB within our bariatric surgery group had significant effects on the rates of total adverse outcomes, bleeding, readmission, and reoperation. Our findings warrant further investigation into the aforementioned techniques via multivariate regression models or prospective study design.LIMITATIONS: This study was limited by the inherent nature of its retrospective and univariate statistical design. We did not account for the interaction between techniques. The sample size of surgeons was small, and follow-up of 30 days was relatively short. We did not include patient characteristics in the model or control for surgeon skill.PMID:37415013 | DOI:10.1007/s00464-023-10257-w

Source: Hand Surgery - July 6, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Alexander Hien Vu Jessica Chiang Yunzhi Qian Nilufar Tursunova Jaein Nha George Ferzli Source Type: research