Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Gastric Bypass for Private Pay Patients Seeking Obesity Surgery

Advantages of Sleeve Gastrectomy Over Gastric Bypass for Private Pay Patients Seeking Obesity Surgery

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The last 800 consecutive patients in the surgical practice of Drake Bellanger and Andrew Hargroder who had a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
• The last 800 consecutive patients in the surgical practice of Drake Bellanger and Andrew Hargroder who had a laparoscopic gastric bypass.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects having any other obesity surgical procedure