Result of a national audit of bariatric surgery performed at academic centers: a 2004 university health system consortium benchmarking project

Hypothesis: Bariatric surgery performed at US academic centers is safe and associated with low mortality. Design Multi-institutional consecutive cohort study. Setting Academic medical centers. Patients and Interventions We audited the medical records from 40 consecutive bariatric surgery cases performed between October 1, 2003, and March 31, 2004, at each of the 29 institutions participating in the University HealthSystem Consortium Bariatric Surgery Benchmarking Project. All medical records that met inclusion criteria (patient age, >17 and