Validation of the obesity surgery mortality risk score in a multicenter study proves it stratifies mortality risk in patients undergoing gastric bypass for morbid obesity.
DeMaria EJ, Murr M, Byrne TK, Blackstone R, Grant JP, Budak A, Wolfe L.
DeMaria EJ, et al.
Ann Surg. 2007 Oct;246(4):578-82; discussion 583-4. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318157206e.
Ann Surg. 2007.
PMID: 17893494
BACKGROUND: A scoring system for clinical assessment of mortality risk has been previously proposed for bariatric surgery (Demaria EJ, Portenier D, Wolfe L, Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2007;3:34-40.). ...
BACKGROUND: A scoring system for clinical assessment of mortality risk has been previously proposed for bariatric surgery (Demaria …