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Postoperative Care Pathway

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Bariatric patients, both because of their size and comorbid conditions, present many unique issues in their postoperative care. The utilization of postoperative care pathways can help to address these issues, provide a more uniformly high level of care, and minimize the risk of in-hospital postoperative complications. Furthermore, care pathways can reduce the variability in care that occurs due to changes in resident and nursing staff. Suggested postoperative orders for laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric band patients are provided at the end of this chapter.

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  1. Chief, Section of Bariatric Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Associate Professor of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

    Daniel M. Herron

  2. Associate Physician, The Permanente Medical Group, Antioch, CA

    Murali N. Naidu

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  1. Division of Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen MD (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief)

  2. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Eric J. De Maria MD (Professor and Vice Chairman, Network General Surgery, Director, Bariatric and EndoSurgery) (Professor and Vice Chairman, Network General Surgery, Director, Bariatric and EndoSurgery)

  3. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Sayeed Ikramuddin MD (Associate Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Katherine and Robert Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Katherine and Robert Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery)

  4. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Matthew M. Hutter MD, MPH (Director, Codman Center of Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery) (Director, Codman Center of Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery)

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Herron, D.M., Naidu, M.N. (2008). Postoperative Care Pathway. In: Nguyen, N.T., De Maria, E.J., Ikramuddin, S., Hutter, M.M. (eds) The SAGES Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69171-8_9

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