What matters after sleeve gastrectomy: patient characteristics or surgical technique?

The impact of operative technique on outcomes in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has been explored previously; however, the relative importance of patient characteristics remains unknown. Our aim was to characterize national variability in operative technique for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and determine whether patient-specific factors are more critical to predicting outcomes.

Source: Surgery - February 2, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Vikrom K. Dhar, Dennis J. Hanseman, Brad M. Watkins, Ian M. Paquette, Shimul A. Shah, Jonathan R. Thompson Source Type: research