Fully Ambulatory Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: 328 Consecutive Patients in a Single Tertiary Bariatric Center

Background Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is becoming one of the most popular bariatric procedures because of its short operative time, good resolution of comorbidities, excellent weight loss, and low complications rate. However, the safety of LSG as a day-surgery procedure has not yet been w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obesity surgery 2016-07, Vol.26 (7), p.1429-1435
Hauptverfasser: Garofalo, Fabio, Denis, Ronald, Abouzahr, Omar, Garneau, Pierre, Pescarus, Radu, Atlas, Henri
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Zusammenfassung:Background Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is becoming one of the most popular bariatric procedures because of its short operative time, good resolution of comorbidities, excellent weight loss, and low complications rate. However, the safety of LSG as a day-surgery procedure has not yet been widely documented. Methods A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected bariatric database, in a single institution, between August 2012 and February 2015, yielded 980 patients who underwent LSG; 328 patients (33.5 %) responded to established criteria and were operated on a 1-day surgery basis (length of stay 
ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1007/s11695-015-1984-0