… racial disparities in bariatric surgery outcomes, including higher mortality in black patients
undergoing … For this reason, the number of bariatric operations performed in the United States …

… [8] and are among the more commonly performed operations in the USA [9]. … Black
patients undergoing bariatric surgery demonstrate higher in-hospital and 30-day mortality and …

… black and white patients who had a primary metabolic and bariatric operation between …
for the accreditation of bariatric surgical facilities in the United States. The requirements for …

… In a 2016 survey of US adults, obesity and cancer were most often cited as the most serious
… to address racial and ethnic disparities in adverse events following bariatric surgery, we …

… to their becoming some of the most commonly performed operations in the United States. …
Per this analysis, there are significant racial disparities in perioperative outcomes, weight loss, …

… found significant racial differences in short-term outcomes following bariatric surgery. Factors
… With over 790 participating sites across the USA and Canada, the MBSAQIP data registry is …

… if racial or ethnic disparities exist in referral patterns for bariatric surgery at a single center. …
at our institution for bariatric surgery compared with white or black patients. A barrier to referral …

… This report is based on the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System data and
summarizes the rates of overweight and obesity by age, race, and state for US adults. It …

… patients, with mortality being a rare complication. A better understanding of the racial differences
in mortality for bariatric patients … of bariatric procedures. Numerous studies have shown …

… of morbid obesity. It has … differences on the outcomes of bariatric surgery. We conducted
this metaanalysis to outline the effects of ethnic differences on the outcomes of bariatric surgery, …