Relationship between surgeon volume and adverse outcomes after RYGB in Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study
Surgery for Obesity and Related DiseasesPublished 27 September 2009Open access
Mark D. Smith, Emma Patterson, Abdus S. Wahed, Steven H. Belle, Marc Bessler, Anita P. Courcoulas
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In the LABS, the patient's risk of an adverse outcome after RYGB decreased significantly with the increase in surgeon RY GB volume (cases performed annually), such that for each 10-case/yr increase in volume, the risk of a composite event decreased by 10%.
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In the LABS, the patient's risk of an adverse outcome after RYGB decreased significantly with the increase in surgeon RYGB volume (cases performed annually).
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