30-Day readmission rates at a high volume bariatric surgery center: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric bypass, and vertical banded gastroplasty-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1171-1177

  Saunders, John K ^a   Ballantyne, Garth H ^a   Belsley, Scott ^a   Stephens, Daniel ^a   Trivedi, Amit ^a   Ewing, Douglas R ^a   Iannace, Vincent ^a   Capella, Rafael F ^a   Wasielewski, Annette ^a   Moran, S ^a   Schmidt, Hans J ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Hospital readmissions; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Surgical outcomes; Vertical banded gastroplasty

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; STOMACH BYPASS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549167465     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9210-3     Document Type: Article

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