Validation and Improvement of a Highly Predictive Bariatric Surgery Mortality Risk Calculator to Include Sleeve Gastrectomy Using MBSAQIP 2015-2017 Data

Initial development of a prominent bariatric surgery mortality risk calculator comprised of cases that now account for less than 10% of commonly performed operations. Whether the previously highly predictive model is valid with more recent data is unknown.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - February 20, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Colleen Tewksbury, Zhi Geng, Michael Foster, Victoria Gershuni, Kristoffel R. Dumon, J. Eduardo Rame, Peter W. Groeneveld, Noel N. Williams Tags: Original articles Source Type: research