Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

Conditions

Morbid Obesity

Keywords

obesity, bariatric surgery, 30-day mortality

Brief summary

The goal of the LABS-1 study is to assess the short-term safety of bariatric surgery.

Detailed description

The primary objectives of this study are to assess the safety of bariatric surgery by estimating the prevalence of short term adverse outcomes in a multicenter cohort of patients undergoing bariatric surgical procedures and to determine the associations between short term adverse outcomes after bariatric surgery and both clinical/demographic patient characteristics and features of operative/perioperative care Funds are not available to pay for the surgery for patients, only to address research questions.

Purnell JQ, Johnson GS, Wahed AS, Dalla Man C, Piccinini F, Cobelli C, Prigeon RL, Goodpaster BH, Kelley DE, Staten MA, Foster-Schubert KE, Cummings DE, Flum DR, Courcoulas AP, Havel PJ, Wolfe BM.

2018-02-1031 citations

10.1007/s00125-018-4553-y

Perioperative safety in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery.

Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium, Flum DR, Belle SH, King WC, Wahed AS, Berk P, Chapman W, Pories W, Courcoulas A, McCloskey C, Mitchell J, Patterson E, Pomp A, Staten MA, Yanovski SZ, Thirlby R, Wolfe B.

2009-07-01853 citations

10.1056/nejmoa0901836

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All patients age 18 years or older, eligible and undergoing bariatric surgery performed by a LABS-certified surgeon.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who do not provide informed consent

Countries

United States

Outcome results