Outcomes of the Adjustable Gastric Band in a Publicly Funded Obesity Program

University of Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Morbid Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01149512

Pro00014271

Details and patient eligibility

About

The majority of data documenting the outcomes for the adjustable gastric band (LAGB) originate from non-publicly funded surgical centres. The investigators aim to investigate the clinical outcomes of LAGB from a publicly funded Canadian obesity management program. This program recognized obesity as a chronic disease, providing extensive pre-operative multidisciplinary assessment and long term patient follow-up. Patients are selected for surgical management carefully by a multidisciplinary team and the LAGB is presented as one option to surgical management. Further, the investigators will investigate the operational impacts, including direct and indirect costs related the LAGB, to determine long term impacts on publicly funded hospitals within Canada.

Enrollment: 178 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients seen within the Weight Wise program and selected for surgical management, who have undergone LAGB will be included in this analysis.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have undergone selection for surgery outside this process, or who have had surgery elsewhere.

Trial design

178 participants in 1 patient group

LAGB patients in Weight Wise Program

Description:

All patients seen within the Weight Wise program and selected for surgical management, who have undergone LAGB will be included in this analysis.