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

NCT01063959 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Morbid Obesity

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Sleeve Gastrectomy was originally reported as the first step in an alternative two-staged procedure for the super obese patient to decrease morbidity, predominantly private pay.

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Presently, the laparoscopically performed gastric bypass accounts for 80% of obesity surgery in the United States, predominantly covered by insurance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ethicon, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Drake Bellanger, MD · Pennington Biomedial Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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