Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in US Accredited vs Non-Accredited Centers: A Systematic Review

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 469-477

  Azagury, Dan ^a   Morton, John M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; GASTRIC BAND; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; GASTROPLASTY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCREDITATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997207591     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.06.014     Document Type: Article

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