Early Postoperative Visit Intervention to Reduce ED Visits after Bariatric Surgery

Background: In order to reduce postoperative emergency department (ED) visits within 30 days post-bariatric surgery, we added an earlier visit with our Weight Control Center physician and dietitian. In January 2016, we included visits at postoperative day 5 (early), as opposed to the first visit at postoperative day 10 (standard).

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Wendy M Miller, Kerstyn C Zalesin, Wendy K Montgomery, Kathryn Ziegler Source Type: research