Perioperative Safety in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium, The

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0901836

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Perioperative Safety in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 29, 2009

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The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium

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 proc...

Subject

Medicine

Perioperative

Surgery

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