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. 2024 Mar;34(3):716-722.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07068-w. Epub 2024 Jan 27.

Patient's Preference for Same-Day Discharge or Hospitalization After Bariatric Surgery

Yentl Lodewijks  1 , Lisa van Ede  2 , Jai Scheerhoorn  3 , Arthur Bouwman  2   4 , Simon Nienhuijs  3
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Patient's Preference for Same-Day Discharge or Hospitalization After Bariatric Surgery

Yentl Lodewijks et al. Obes Surg. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose: Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery protocols have proven to be effective in reducing complication rates and length of stay. Guidelines do not include a recommendation on the length of hospital stay whereas same-day discharge is currently widely investigated on safety and feasibility. However, none of these studies takes patient preferences into account. The study aimed to reveal the patient's preference for outpatient surgery (OS) in patients who underwent primary bariatric surgery.

Materials and methods: A single-center preference-based randomized trial was performed between March and December of 2021. Adult patients planned for primary bariatric surgery were able to choose their care pathway, either OS with remote heart and respiratory rate monitoring by a wearable data logger or standard care with at least one-night hospitalization.

Results: Out of the 202 patients, nearly everyone (98.5%) had a preference. Of 199 patients, 99 (49.7%) chose inpatient surgery. Of the 100 with a preference for OS, 23 stayed in the hospital due to medical reasons and 12 patients changed their preference. Based on both initial preference and changed preference, there were no differences between sex, age, body mass index, and co-morbidities such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation, nor in the use of anticoagulants or type of surgery.

Conclusion: Patients seemed to have a strong preference for their stay after a bariatric procedure. The preference is equally divided between outpatient and inpatient surgery and is not influenced by any patient characteristics.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Patient discharge; Patient preference, Same-day discharge.

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