Incidence of bariatric surgery and postoperative outcomes: a population-based analysis in Western Australia

Smith, F.J.; Holman, C.D'Arcy.J.; Moorin, R.E.; Fletcher, D.R.

Medical Journal of Australia 189(4): 198-202

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X
PMID: 18707562
Document Number: 618993
Objective: To investigate the incidence of bariatric surgery and postoperative outcomes in a population-based cohort of patients in Western Australia over a 17-year period. Design and setting: A population-based incidence study of all bariatric procedures (n=1403) performed in WA hospitals over the period 1988-2004, based on hospital morbidity and death data from the WA Data Linkage System.

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