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Reporting of Bariatric Surgery Outcomes

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Morbid obesity is rapidly increasing globally and is the leading cause of preventable cause of death in the United States. The only effective and enduring treatment for morbid obesity remains bariatric surgery. Both the growth in the prevalence of obesity and the success of weight loss surgery has led to truly spectacular growth in utilization of bariatric surgery. Outcomes have driven both the rise and fall of bariatric surgery over time. A clear reason for the recent growth of bariatric surgery was the 2004 approval of weight loss surgery by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which was driven by outcomes studies. In the 1970s, serious adverse outcomes associated with jejunal-ileal bypass led to its ultimate demise, uniquely becoming the only operation to be banned by the FDA. Currently, both strong consumer and insurer interest in weight loss surgery and increased societal awareness of patient safety have directed intense interest in the outcomes of bariatric surgery. Standardization of outcomes reporting in bariatric surgery has long been an issue of contention; however, recent events have demonstrated that bariatric surgery is entering a watershed in outcomes reporting.

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

    Gavitt A. Woodard

  2. Director of Bariatric Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

    John M. Morton

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen MD (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief)

  2. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Eric J. De Maria MD (Professor and Vice Chairman, Network General Surgery, Director, Bariatric and EndoSurgery) (Professor and Vice Chairman, Network General Surgery, Director, Bariatric and EndoSurgery)

  3. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Sayeed Ikramuddin MD (Associate Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Katherine and Robert Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Katherine and Robert Goodale Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery)

  4. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Matthew M. Hutter MD, MPH (Director, Codman Center of Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery) (Director, Codman Center of Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery)

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Woodard, G.A., Morton, J.M. (2008). Reporting of Bariatric Surgery Outcomes. In: Nguyen, N.T., De Maria, E.J., Ikramuddin, S., Hutter, M.M. (eds) The SAGES Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69171-8_30

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