Bariatric surgical center accreditation improves patient survival, postop complications
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
Patients who underwent weight loss operations in recent years, when most bariatric surgical centers were accredited, had fewer postoperative complications and were 2.3 times less likely to die in the hospital than patients who had bariatric procedures performed before a national movement toward facility accreditation was taking place, according to new study findings.