Inabnet WB 3rd, Belle SH, Bessler M, Courcoulas A, Dellinger P, Garcia L, Mitchell J, Oelschlager B, O'Rourke R, Pender J, Pomp A, Pories W, Ramanathan R, Wahed A, Wolfe B. Comparison of 30-day outcomes after non-LapBand primary and revisional bariatric surgical procedures from the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2010 Jan-Feb;6(1):22-30. Epub 2009 Nov 22.
Abstract
The goals were to compare the morbidity and mortality between primary and revisional bariatric surgery and to identify the clinical predictors of adverse outcomes among patients undergoing revisional surgery in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery consortium. The study was multi-institutional at university hospitals in the United States.