Standardized outcomes reporting in metabolic and bariatric surgery.

ASMBS, SOARD, outcome reporting standards Standardized outcomes reporting in metabolic and bariatric surgery Stacy A. Brethauer, MD*, Julie Kim, MD, Maher el Chaar, MD, Pavlos Papasavas, MD, Dan Eisenberg, MD, Ann Rogers, MD, Naveen Ballem, MD, Mark Kligman, MD, Shanu Kothari, MD for the ASMBS Clinical Issues Committee Bariatric and Metabolic Center, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Surgery, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut Department of Surgery, Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Health Care Center, Palo Alto, California Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Surgical Weight Loss, Montclair, New Jersey Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin Received February 2, 2015; accepted February 2, 2015