Reoperation and Medicare Expenditures After Laparoscopic Gastric Band Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Following the US Food and Drug Administration approval for laparoscopic gastric band surgery in 2001, as many as 96 000 devices have been placed annually. The reported rates of reoperation range from 4% to 60% in short-term studies; however, to our knowledge, few long-term population-level data on outcomes or expenditures are known.

Objective

To describe the rate of device-related reoperations occurring after laparoscopic gastric band surgery as well as the associated payments in a longitudinal national cohort.

Design, settings, and participants

This retrospective review of 25 042 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent gastric band placement between 2006 and 2013 identifies gastric band-related reoperations, including device removal, device replacement, or re

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710463 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature