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Study finds inconsistencies in MBSAQIP database

Publish date:: May 14, 2019

Key clinical point: A study found inconsistencies and errors in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program registry data.

Major finding: Up to 20% of the data collected were unusable.

Study details: Analyses of 168,093 patients in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database from 2015.

Disclosures: Dr. Noyes had no financial relationships to disclose. Coauthor Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, disclosed consulting arrangements with New View Surgical, AcuityBio, Activ Surgical, Human Extensions, Levita Magnetics and Arch Therapeutics. Aaron Hoffman, MD, disclosed a consulting arrangement with Ethicon.

Citation:

Noyes K et al. SAGES 2019, Abstract 21.

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