​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Outcomes for Atrium Health Floyd Bariatric Surgery 

Atrium Health Floyd Bariatric Surgery offers a multidisciplinary weight loss surgery program designed to enhance successful outcomes.  Surgery alone is not a reliable solution for obesity but instead should be offered within the context of:

• supportive, experienced bariatric nurse coordinators

• an experienced bariatric dietitian who sees patients before surgery and at every follow-up visit

• a network of specialists linked together to assure coordinated care

• a supportive hospital with experienced nurses and a high-definition laparoscopy suite

• an outcomes management program to assure ongoing quality improvement. 

Our surgery outcomes a​nd comorbidities resolved are calculated using all surgery types. The comorbidities resolved are based on patient outcomes 12 months after surgery.  

Average Length of Stay

• Less than two days — Gastric Bypass 
  

• Less than 23 hours — Adjustable Gastric Banding
  

• One day — Sleeve Gastrectomy

Surgery Outcomes for All 2019 Surgeries

• 0 — Mortalities (deaths)

• 0 — Conversion to open (performing​ open surgery instead of laparoscopic)

• 0 — Admissions to ICU

• 3 — Readmissions

• 0 ​​​​—​ ​Deep tissue or organ space infections 

• ​1 — Superficial incision infection

• 0 — Venous thrombosis (blood clots) 

• 0 — PRBC transfusions (blood transfusions)

• 1 — Reoperation 

• 0 — Strictures (activity restrictions)

 Surgery Outcomes

Bariatric surgery has a greater impact than simply weight loss. The numbers below represent the percentage of our patients who had a disease prior to surgery but no longer have that disease following surgery. Our outcomes trend higher than the national average primaryly because of our expert team's dedication to education, nutrition and after-surgery support.

Comorbidity Reduction for 2021