Table 3.

Postoperative outcomes of patients who underwent same-day discharge and inpatient RYGB

Variables	Same-day discharge, N = 2156	Inpatient, N = 165,032	p value
Blood transfusion, n (%)	8 (0.4)	280 (0.2)	0.02
Intra/postoperative myocardial infarction, n (%)	0 (0)	34 (0.02)	1
Acute renal failure, n (%)	1 (0.04)	75 (0.04)	0.98
Progressive renal insufficiency, n (%)	4 (0.2)	64 (0.04)	0.01
Cerebrovascular accident, n (%)	2 (0.09)	14 (0.008)	0.01
Superficial SSI, n (%)	18 (0.8)	1247 (0.7)	0.67
Deep incisional SSI, n (%)	2 (0.09)	178 (0.1)	0.83
Organ/space SSI, n (%)	2 (0.09)	376 (0.2)	0.19
Pneumonia, n (%)	1 (0.04)	268 (0.2)	0.18
Sepsis, n (%)	2 (0.09)	163 (0.09)	1
Septic shock, n (%)	1 (0.04)	87 (0.05)	1
ICU admission, n (%)	13 (0.6)	584 (0.3)	0.06
DVT, n (%)	2 (0.09)	213 (0.1)	0.64
Pulmonary embolism, n (%)	6 (0.3)	214 (0.1)	0.06
Emergency department visit, n (%*)	175 (8.1)	12,684 (7.7)	0.66
Dehydration treatment, n (%*)	114 (5.3)	6669 (4)	0.008
30-day overall morbidity, n (%)	243 (11.3)	16,752 (10.2)	0.08
30-day serious morbidity, n (%)	67 (3.1)	4895 (3)	0.70
30-day readmission, n (%)	103 (4.8)	7863 (4.8)	0.97
30-day intervention, n (%)	25 (1.1)	2593 (1.6)	0.12
30-day reoperation, n (%)	30 (1.4)	2057 (1.2)	0.54
30-day mortality, n (%)	1 (0.04)	160 (0.09)	0.45
Other/not listed	0	97
Pulmonary embolism	0	28
Other respiratory failure	1	9
Anastomotic/staple line leak	0	6
Bleeding	0	5
Abdominal sepsis	0	5
Intestinal obstruction	0	4
Cardiovascular disease	0	3
Gastrointestinal perforation	0	3

Abbreviations. SSI, surgical site infection; ICU, intensive care unit; DVT, deep vein thrombosis. *Variable reported in 138,554 inpatients discharge and 1853 same-day discharge patients. p values < 0.05 are denoted in bold