The application of comorbidity indices to predict early postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A nationwide comparative analysis of over 70,000 cases

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 638-649

  Shin, Jin Hee ^a   Worni, Mathias ^a,b   Castleberry, Anthony W ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Omotosho, Philip A ^a   Silberberg, Mina ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charlson Deyo index; Comorbidity; Elixhauser index; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Postoperative outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEYO INDEX; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84876469934     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0853-3     Document Type: Article

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