How many sleeve gastrectomies are done at nonaccredited centers in Texas?

The American College of Surgeons created the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) to improve the safety of surgery and track outcomes of patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery. The MBSAQIP captures all surgical procedures performed at accredited centers (AC) but not all metabolic and bariatric surgery cases performed in the United States. Texas has a large statewide administrative database that tracks nearly all surgical procedures performed in the state and we proposed using this database to assess the number of sleeve gastrectomies (SG) and whether they were performed at an AC or not.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research