Demographics and outcomes at American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 795-799

  Pratt, Gary M ^a   Learn, Chris A ^a,b   Hughes, Gail D ^b   Clark, Bobby L ^c   Warthen, Mike ^a   Pories, Walter ^a,b  

^a Surgical Review Corporation   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clark and Associates Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Centers of Excellence; Comorbidities; Gastric bypass; Obesity; Surgical Review Corporation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TOXICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949135410     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0077-8     Document Type: Article

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