Relationship between surgeon volume and adverse outcomes after RYGB in Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Smith, Mark D ^a   Patterson, Emma ^a   Wahed, Abdus S ^b   Belle, Steven H ^b   Bessler, Marc ^c   Courcoulas, Anita P ^d   Flum, David ^e   Halpin, Valerie ^a   Mitchell, James E ^f   Pomp, Alfons ^g   Pories, Walter J ^h   Wolfe, Bruce ⁱ  

^a Oregon Weight Loss Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; LABS; Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery; Roux en Y gastric bypass; RYGB; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950022538     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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