Results of Gastric Bypass Surgery
Complication Rates for the First 750
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Operations
The table below compares our results with that of other programs. We have worked very hard to achieve the results you see below. Please note that our reported complication rates are at or below those reported from elsewhere in the U.S. Please also note the dramatic decrease in complications achieved with experience. These good results were presented at the New England Surgical Society’s Annual Meeting in Montreal and will be published this fall in a respected surgical journal, Archives of Surgery.
Tufts Medical Center Complication Rates for the First 750 lapGBPs
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1-100 |
101-750 |
Last 100 |
Total |
National
Average |
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UGIB |
1 |
3.7 |
3 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
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Wound seroma/infection |
8 |
1.7 |
2 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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Bowel obstruction |
5 |
1.1 |
0 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
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Leak |
3 |
1.1 |
0 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
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Splenic Injury |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.5 |
1 |
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Thromboembolism |
1 |
0.6 |
1 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
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Intraabdominal/wound hemorrhage |
2 |
1.7 |
2 |
1.7 |
2 |
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Fistula |
1 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
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Internal hernia |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.5 |
2 |
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Anastomotic stricture |
0 |
0.9 |
0 |
0.8 |
10 |
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Miscellaneous |
2 |
1.3 |
3 |
2.0 |
- |
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Death |
1 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.3 |
0.5-1.5 |
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Total Complications |
26 |
13.4 |
11 |
15 |
Up to 30 |
Latest Surgical Data... On The Last 100 Operations
Of the last 100 gastric bypass surgeries completed at Tufts Medical Center:
- All were successfully completed laparoscopically – no open incisions
- There were no deaths
- Mean time to complete surgery was 97 minutes
- Mean “Length of Stay” was 2.9 days
- There were a total of 9 complications, most were minor, none were lethal
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