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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 CME DisclosuresRelease Date: November 8, 2007; Valid for credit through November 8, 2008 |
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| The lack of a valid and predictive risk score has hampered interpretation of outcomes of bariatric surgery, and the Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score (OS-MRS) was developed at one institution on the basis of experience with 2075 morbidly obese patients to address that need. This article reports a validation study for OS-MRS at a total of 4 sites, for 4431 consecutive patients, to determine is utility for gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese patients. - 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
Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Michel Murr, MD
T. Karl Byrne, MD
Robin Blackstone, MD
John P. Grant, MD
Amanda Budak, RN, MSN
Luke Wolfe, MS
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