New scoring system helps providers assess risk in bariatric surgery candidates.
Two-thirds of American adults are obese, and conservative approaches to the problem are not working in many of these cases. However, it is not entirely clear when providers should recommend bariatric surgery. To help providers better guide their patients, investigators at Duke University in Durham, NC, have unveiled a simple risk-scoring system that stratifies patients into low-, medium-, and high-risk categories. The approach needs further validation, but investigators believe they have presented enough data to have a positive effect on informed consent.
D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods