Amit Surve, Daniel Cottam, Aurora Pryor, Samuel Cottam, Robert Michaelson, Thomas Umbach, Michael Williams, Hossein Bagshahi, Laura July, Racquel Bueno, Devorah Chock, Matthew Apel, Christopher Hart, William Johnson, Brendon Curtis, Amy Rosenbluth, Konstantinos Spaniolas, Walter Medlin, Whitney Wright, Ciara Lee, Christy Lee, Rachael Trujeque, Deborah Rinker
UNLABELLED: A global shift is occurring as hospital procedures move to ambulatory surgical settings. Surgeons have performed outpatient sleeve gastrectomy (SG) in bariatric surgery since 2010. However, prospective trials are needed to ensure its safety before widespread adoption. PURPOSE: The study aimed to present a comprehensive report on the prospective data collection of 30-day outcomes of outpatient primary laparoscopic SG (LSG). This trial seeks to assess whether outpatient LSG is non-inferior to hospital-based surgery in selected patients who meet the outpatient surgery criteria set by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery...
February 17, 2024: Obesity Surgery