Variation in outcomes at bariatric surgery centers of excellence

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 629-636

  Ibrahim, Andrew M ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ACCREDITATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; GASTROPLASTY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028366776     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0542     Document Type: Article

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