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PubMed ID:
21866378
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Affiliation: Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR 97210, USA. mdsmith2@mac.com
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-011-0497-8
Authors:
Pories W,
Pender J,
Mitchell JE,
Machado L,
Flum DR,
Dakin GF,
Courcoulas AP,
Berk PD,
Belle SH,
Wahed AS,
Patterson E,
Smith MD,
Wolfe BM,
Ude A,
Staten M,
Schrope B,
Ramanathan R,
Pomp A
Studies:
Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery
Mortality following bariatric surgery is a rare event in contemporary series, making it difficult for any single center to draw meaningful conclusions as to cause of death. Nevertheless, much of the published mortality data come from single-center case series and reviews of administrative databases. These sources tend to produce lower mortality estimates than those obtained from controlled clinical trials. Furthermore, information about the causes of death and how they were determined is not always available. The aim of the present report is to describe in detail all deaths occurring within 30 days of surgery in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS).
