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Table 2 Perioperative process times of gastric bypass surgery

From: Anesthetic management of patients undergoing bariatric surgery: two year experience in a single institution in Switzerland

Anesthesia induction time

Min

25 [16]

Surgery time

Min

138 [42]

Anesthesia emergence time

Min

17 [9]

Total anesthesia time

Min

238 [47]

Patients requiring re-intubation

n

0

Patients requiring blood products intraoperatively

n

0

PACU stay

h

4.1 [0.7]

ICU stay

h

17 [12]

Patients requiring blood products during hospital stay

n

4 (2.7%)

Patients requiring revision surgery

n

15 (10.2%)

Hospital stay

Days

6 [2]

  1. Data are number, n (% of patients); or mean [standard deviation].
  2. PACU = post anesthesia care unit, ICU = intensive care unit.