Multidisciplinary Preoperative Management of Clinically Complex Patients Results in Delay to Bariatric Surgery

A small fraction of eligible US veterans undergo bariatric surgery in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Although multidisciplinary care can improve outcomes after bariatric surgery, it may also cause delays in surgical care. We aimed to evaluate whether our bariatric center ’s multidisciplinary approach, including case coordination and multiple preoperative clinic visits to manage clinical complexity, leads to delay in surgical care.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - September 30, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Jesse Bandle, Amber Trickey, Rui Chen, Dan Eisenberg Tags: Bariatric and Foregut Source Type: research