Thirty-Day Adverse Outcomes after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass May be Increased in the National Expanded BMI Criteria Cohort

Justification of expansion of BMI criteria for  bariatric surgery necessitates an acceptable safety profile to justify the risk-benefit. We aimed to examine 30-day outcomes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), allowing a comparison between the 2 operations and to patients with BMI≥35 k g/m2.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Scientific poster presentations Source Type: research