The purpose of this study is to determine laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a safer surgery than the gastric bypass, gives similar weight losses and that the safety of gastric in private pay patients versus insurance patients will be similar. This is a retrospective chart review of intervention charts.
This study is a retrospective chart review of 800 intervention charts each for consecutive laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomies compared to consecutive laparoscopic gastric bypasses performed by two surgeons in a Louisiana private practice. This retrospective chart review will evaluate the safety of the two procedures during the operative and 6-week post-operative periods, compare the insurance patients to the private pay patients having the gastric bypass, and comparative weight loss in subjects with a follow-up of at least 18 months. This offers the unique opportunity to compare any differences in surgical complications in subjects paying by insurance versus those paying personally for the gastric bypass operation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Sleeve Gastrectomy was originally reported as the first step in an alternative two-staged procedure for the super obese patient to decrease morbidity, predominantly private pay.
Presently, the laparoscopically performed gastric bypass accounts for 80% of obesity surgery in the United States, predominantly covered by insurance.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Comparison of the incidence of weight loss and complications operatively and in the first 6 weeks post-operatively after gastric bypass compared to sleeve gastrectomy.
Time frame: 18 Months
Comparison of the incidence of complications in gastric bypass patients covered by insurance vs. private pay patients during surgery, in the hospital and during the first 6 weeks post-operatively.
Time frame: 18 Months
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