“…We have previously evaluated the numbers of MBS performed in Texas for the years 2013 to 2017. 8 When we consider that there was an average of about 20,000 bariatric surgeries a year, and for the years of 2016 to 2018 found that 257 bariatric patients had a pacemaker placed, this gives us a yearly incidence rate of 0.8%. We are not able to use the PUDF to track patients over time, but we can estimate the rate of pacemaker placement in the overall population of bariatric patients.…”