High-volume bariatric surgery in a single center: Safety, quality, cost-efficacy and teaching aspects in 2,000 consecutive cases

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-166

  Jacobsen, H J ^a   Bergland, A ^a   Raeder, J ^a,b   Gislason, H G ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Fast track surgery; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Learning curve; Logistics; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857356887     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-011-0557-0     Document Type: Article

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