Surgery
Researchers from State University of New York report on findings in surgery
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, November 20th, 2008
A report, 'Regional variations in gastric bypass surgery: results from the 2005 nationwide inpatient sample,' is newly published data in Obesity Surgery. "The purpose of this study is to use nationally representative data to examine regional variations in the use and outcomes of gastric bypass surgery. Using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), we identified adults undergoing gastric bypass surgery (n=92,910) in 2005," scientists in the United States report.
"Following descriptive analyses, multiple logistic regression models were constructed to examine regional variations in the likelihood of laparoscopic vs. open approaches and in the likelihood of...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-11-20)
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