National Bariatric Surgery Registries: an International Comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pooling population-based data from all national bariatric registries may provide international real-world evidence for outcomes that will help establish a universal standard of care, provided that the same variables and definitions are used. Therefore, this study aims to assess the concordance of variables across national registries to identify which outcomes can be used for international collaborations.

Methods

All 18 countries with a national bariatric registry who contributed to The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Global Registry report 2019 were requested to share their data dictionary by email. The primary outcome was the percentage of perfect agreement for variables by domain: patient, prior bariatric hist

SUBMITTER: Akpinar EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature