NIDDK Central Repository - Relationship between surgeon volume and adverse outcomes after RYGB in Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.soard.2009.09.009

PubMed ID

19969507

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2010

Affiliation

Oregon Weight Loss Surgery, Portland, OR 97210, USA. mdsmith2@mac.com

Authors

Belle SH, Bessler M, Courcoulas AP, Flum D, Halpin V, Mitchell JE, Patterson E, Pomp A, Pories WJ, Smith MD, Wahed AS, Wolfe B

Studies

LABS

Citation

Smith MD, Patterson E, Wahed AS, Belle SH, Bessler M, Courcoulas AP, Flum D, Halpin V, Mitchell JE, Pomp A, Pories WJ, Wolfe B. Relationship between surgeon volume and adverse outcomes after RYGB in Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2010 Mar 4;6(2):118-25. Epub 2009 Sep 26.

Abstract

Bariatric surgery is technically demanding surgery performed on high-risk patients. Previous studies using administrative databases have shown a relationship between surgeon volume and patient outcome after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). We examined the relationship between surgeons' annual RYGB volumes and 30-day patient outcomes at 10 centers within the United States.