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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2009 Nov 22;6(1):22–30. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.10.007

Table 3.

Pre- and Intra-operative characteristics (frequency and percentage, unless otherwise mentioned)

Characteristic Total (N=3802) First surgery (N=3577) Revision/reversal (N=225) p value*
Prior obesity/foregut surgery 292 7.6 67 1.9 225 100 <.001
missing, n 1 1 0
Gastric bypass 84 29.2 0 0 84 38
Biliopancreatic diversion 1 0.3 0 0 1 0.5
Biliopancreatic diversion switch 11 3.8 0 0 11 5
Adjustable gastric band 42 14.6 0 0 42 19
Vertical banded gastroplasty 47 16.3 0 0 47 21.3
Sleeve gastrectomy 4 1.4 0 0 4 1.8
Prior foregut 84 29.2 67 100 17 7.7
Other previous obesity surgery 49 17 0 0 49 22.2
Surgery performed <.001
RYGB 3557 93.6 3411 95.4 146 64.9
Biliopancreatic diversion 4 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.9
Biliopancreatic diversion switch 53 1.4 45 1.3 8 3.6
Sleeve gastrectomy 136 3.6 117 3.3 19 8.4
Vertical banded gastroplasty 1 0 1 0 0 0
Other 49 1.3 1 0 48 21.1
Banded RYGB 2 0.1 0 0 2 0.9
Mins. incision - skin close, mean, median 146.3, 137 143.9, 135 183.0, 180.5 <.001
Missing, n 7 6 1
Crystalloid fluids ml, mean, median 2878.2, 2800 2845.1, 2700 3403, 3300 <.001
missing, n 42 40 2
Colloid fluids, ≥500 ml 258 6.9 233 6.6 25 11.2 0.01
missing, n 46 44 2
Blood loss ml, median (Q1, Q3)** 0 (0,75) 0 (0,60) 100 (0,200) <.001
missing, n 39 38 1
*

Chi-square test for categorical variables (with continuity correction for categorical data), Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables

**

Any blood loss of 50ml or less was treated as zero.