The effect of surrogate procedure volume on bariatric surgery outcomes: do common laparoscopic general surgery procedures matter?

BackgroundA growing body of evidence shows that experience and acquired skills from surrogate surgical procedures may be transferrable to a specific index operation. It is unclear whether this applies to bariatric surgery. This study aims to determine whether there is a surrogate volume effect of common laparoscopic general surgery procedures on all-cause bariatric surgical morbidity.MethodsThis was a population-based study of all patients …