The John Muir Weight Loss Surgery Center at John Muir Medical Center is focused on delivering the highest quality care for patients throughout their weight loss surgery experience. Since the beginning of the program in 2002, the center has completed over 430 surgeries. With the variety of procedures the center offers, John Muir's success in delivering quality care is reflected in the data below.

Key Clinical Indicators:

Volume of Laparoscopic vs. Open Procedures

Laparoscopic surgery is a less-invasive way of entering the abdominal cavity through multiple, very small incisions rather than one large incision (open surgery).

(Does not include conversion from VBG to gastric bypass)

Volume by Procedure Type

• RNY gastric bypass involves reducing the upper stomach to a very small pouch using staples, and bypassing the rest of the stomach and a section of the small intestine.
• Sleeve gastrectomy involves removing about 75% of the stomach, leaving a narrow, tube-shaped stomach pouch.
• Duodenal switch is a sleeve gastrectomy with the addition of a partial intestinal bypass.

Mortality Rates

Patient deaths related to complications from weight loss surgery.

Excess Body Weight Loss after 1 Year (RNY Gastric Bypass only)

The percentage of the patient's excess body weight (weight above a normal body mass index of 24) lost within one year after weight loss surgery. It is expected that weight loss will continue at a slower rate into the 2nd year.

Leak at Internal Surgical Site

Leak of gastric contents occurring at either the internal staple line or the site where intestine is joined to the stomach.

Deep Vein Thrombosis within 30 Days after Surgery

A blood clot forming in the lower leg related to the effects of surgery. Abdominal surgery, morbid obesity, and inactivity are risk factors for deep vein thrombosis.

Surgical Infection Rates

Infection at external surgical incision sites.

We report all clinical data to SAGES National Bariatric Surgery Database.