Baltimore—Patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy at New York medical centers that perform a high number of cases have a lower risk for subsequent revision or conversion operations, according to a new study.
In a study of 8,389 patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy between 2006 and 2012, the estimated cumulative incidence of needing revisions or conversions for low-, medium- and high-volume centers eight years after sleeve gastrectomy was 16.7% (95% CI, 11.1%-22.3%), 15.5%