Global 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality of Primary Bariatric Surgery Combined with Another Procedure: The BLEND Study.

Background: No robust data are available on the safety of primary bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) alone compared to primary BMS combined with other procedures.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to collect a 30-day mortality and morbidity of primary BMS combined with cholecystectomy, ventral hernia repair, or hiatal hernia repair.

Setting: This is as an international, multicenter, prospective, and observational audit of patients undergoing primary BMS combined with one or more additional procedures.

Predictors of 30-day follow-up visit completion after primary bariatric surgery: an analysis of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program data registry.

Background: Adherence to follow-up visits is often unsatisfactory after bariatric surgery.

Objectives: To identify predictors, including surgery type and preoperative demographics, body mass index (BMI), medical conditions, and smoking status, of 30-day follow-up visit completion.

Setting: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program participating centers (2015-2018).

Post-bariatric surgery reconstruction: patient myths, perceptions, cost, and attainability strategies.

Background: A discrepancy exists between patient perceptions of post-bariatric surgery reconstruction and cost, value, and ultimate attainability. The authors investigated prospective gastric bypass patients to identify misconceptions and strategies to aid in the attainability of post-bariatric surgery reconstruction.

Methods: One hundred seventy-six prospective gastric bypass patients were surveyed for perceptions of plastic surgery, a "club" concept integrating plastic surgical/bariatric teams, and payment strategies.