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July 2006, Vol 96, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1187-1189
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.060129

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Gastric Bypass Surgery in the United States, 1998–2002

Tonya M. Smoot, PhD, Ping Xu, MSPH, Peter Hilsenrath, PhD, Nancy C. Kuppersmith, MS and Karan P. Singh, PhD

Tonya M. Smoot, Ping Xu, and Nancy C. Kuppersmith are with the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. Peter Hilsenrath and Karan P. Singh are with the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Tonya M. Smoot, PhD, PO Box 548, Mansfield, TX 76063 (e-mail: smootmcmillan{at}aol.com).

We assessed the prevalence of gastric bypass surgeries in the United States on the basis of data from the 1998 to 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Between 1998 and 2002, rates (per 100 000 adults) increased significantly (P<.001): from 7.0 to 38.6. This observed increase in the rate of gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity may be attributed in part to improvements in surgical technique, improved patient outcomes, and increased popularity of this procedure.




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