2013
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.005612
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Laparoscopic bariatric surgery can be performed safely in secondary health care centres with a dedicated service corridor to an affiliated tertiary health care centre

Abstract: Background:The Eastern experience has reported the safety of laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy (LAG) for gastric cancer. Its use in Western countries is still debated owing to concerns about its oncologic equivalence to open gastrectomy (OG). We sought to review and compare their operative outcomes and oncologic specimen quality (number of harvested lymph nodes and surgical margins) for gastric adenocarcinoma (GA). Methods:We reviewed the charts of all patients undergoing LAG (2007( ) and OG (2000 for GA in a… Show more

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“…Performing bariatric surgery in patients at low or intermediate risk at ambulatory sites of tertiary care hospitals may create additional capacity within the health care system to increase the annual number of bariatric operations performed in Canada. 7 However, the safety of this health care delivery model has yet to be extensively investigated.…”
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“…Performing bariatric surgery in patients at low or intermediate risk at ambulatory sites of tertiary care hospitals may create additional capacity within the health care system to increase the annual number of bariatric operations performed in Canada. 7 However, the safety of this health care delivery model has yet to be extensively investigated.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We did not see a significant decrease in the transfer rate from the AH to the TH despite performing more than 800 cases at AH over 5 years (Appendix Table 5). Christou et al (2013) described his experience with 676 publicly funded cases (558 LRYGB, 29 LSG and 89 gastric band) performed in a 17-bed private hospital in Montréal (Canada) with a dedicated "service corridor" to a tertiary care hospital [10]. Their reported 30-day complication rate was 7.5%, with 1.2% of patients requiring transfer to a tertiary care hospital [10].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Christou et al (2013) described his experience with 676 publicly funded cases (558 LRYGB, 29 LSG and 89 gastric band) performed in a 17-bed private hospital in Montréal (Canada) with a dedicated "service corridor" to a tertiary care hospital [10]. Their reported 30-day complication rate was 7.5%, with 1.2% of patients requiring transfer to a tertiary care hospital [10]. We demonstrated comparable results with a transfer rate between 1.5% to 6.2% per year and complication rates from 5.5% to 11% per year (Appendix Table 5).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%