Intensive care unit stay not required for patients with obstructive sleep apnea after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

The results of our study have shown that morbidly obese patients with OSA undergoing LGB have a perioperative course and postoperative pulmonary complication rate similar to that of patients without OSA. Thus, routine admission to the intensive care unit after LGB in patients with OSA is not indicated.