title: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimation of bariatric surgery procedures in the United States, 2011-2014.
authors.affiliation: Chattanooga Bariatrics, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Electronic address: JPonceMD@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
authors.forename: Ninh T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hutter
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sudan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: ASMBS; Bariatric surgery numbers