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Bariatrics

Success Rates

At Sacred Heart Hospital, we successfully perform over 200 procedures annually, a number that continues to grow each year. Dr. Clarence A. Holland, Jr., Sacred Heart Hospital’s gastric bypass surgeon, is proud to report impressive bariatric surgical statistics when compared to rates reported in national audits and studies. Dr. Holland’s statisticsas of 3/31/2008 are listed below:

  • Deaths as a result of gastric bypass surgery: 0.0%
  • Leaks: 0.0%
  • Conversion from laparoscopic to open incision procedure: less than 1.0%

To compare Dr. Holland’s statistics against other national audits and studies, please see the bar charts below.

Early Deaths
The rate of early deaths is defined as the percentage of deaths, out of total procedures performed, that occurred in patients less than 30 days after surgery.

Leaks
Leaks can occur at either the site where the stomach is reconnected to the small intestine or where one part of the small intestine is reconnected to another part of the small intestine.

Conversion from Laparoscopic Procedure to Open Incision Procedure
At Sacred Heart Hospital, gastric bypass surgery is performed by laparoscopy, a method requiring only five tiny incisions. When beginning a laparoscopic procedure, there is always the risk that a larger, open incision may need to be used to complete the surgery. This procedure conversion could occur due to a number of reasons that include poor visualization or surgical complications.

Sources
Lefevre, F., et. al. (2005) Newer Techniques in Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in Conjunction with Kaiser Permanente, p. 21.

Livingston, E. (2005) Complications of Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Clinics of North America, 85, 853-868.

McCarty, T., et. al. (2005) Optimizing Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery, Annals of Surgery, 242, 4.
Nguyen, et. al. (2006) Result of a National Audit of Bariatric Surgery Performed at Academic Centers, Archives of Surgery, Vol. 141, May.

  • When a range is given, the median value was used here for graphing purposes.
  • Studies were eliminated for comparison only if that particular indicator was not measured in that study