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The rapid increase in bariatric surgery has stimulated much effort to improve the quality of the service provided, by setting standards of care for these patients.
The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)-endorsed Centre of Excellence (COE) program, for Europe, Middle East and Africa, provides guidelines, and defines the reference requirements for surgeons and institutions in order to safely manage patients with morbid obesity.
The COE program is overseen by the European Accreditation Council for Bariatric Surgery (EAC-BS). Senior members of IFSO form the EAC-BS Scientific Board and the Accreditation Review Committee.
Surgeons and institutions who fulfil the IFSO guidelines and requirements, are welcome to apply to get recognised as an IFSO—Accredited Centre of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
Participating surgeons are required to submit data of patient care prospectively in the International Bariatric Registry (IBARTM), including operative outcomes, complications, re-admissions, mortality and follow-up. Once the required number of patients have been submitted to the IBAR, the institution can apply for final evaluation as a COE. An experienced auditor will visit the institution in order to verify the reported data. The auditor’s report will be submitted to two reviewers who will express their opinion to the EAC-BS Scientific Board. The board will make the final decision to bestow COE designation to the institution.
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Melissas, J., Torres, A.J., Yashkov, Y.I., Lemmens, L.A.G., Weiner, R.A. (2016). International Federation for Surgical Obesity (IFSO) Center of Excellence Program for Bariatric Surgery. In: Agrawal, S. (eds) Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04343-2_62
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