Perioperative safety in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve decision making in the treatment of extreme obesity, the risks of bariatric surgical procedures require further characterization.

Methods

We performed a prospective, multicenter, observational study of 30-day outcomes in consecutive patients undergoing bariatric surgical procedures at 10 clinical sites in the United States from 2005 through 2007. A composite end point of 30-day major adverse outcomes (including death; venous thromboembolism; percutaneous, endoscopic, or operative reintervention; and failure to be discharged from the hospital) was evaluated among patients undergoing first-time bariatric surgery.

Results

There were 4776 patients who had a first-time bariatric procedure (mean age, 44.5 years; 21.1% men; 10.9% nonwhite; median body-m

SUBMITTER: Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2854565 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature