Morbid Obesity
Reports from Duke University, Department of Surgery describe recent advances in morbid obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 5th, 2007
A report, '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,' is newly published data in Annals of Surgery. " 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.). The Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score (OS-MRS) was developed from a single institution experience of 2075 patients," researchers in the United States report.
"The current study provides multicenter validation of the value of the OS-MRS. The OS-MRS...
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