PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pierre Garneau
AU  - Stephen Glazer
AU  - Timothy Jackson
AU  - Sharadh Sampath
AU  - Kenneth Reed
AU  - Nicolas Christou
AU  - Joseph Shaban
AU  - Laurent Biertho
TI  - Guidelines for Canadian bariatric surgical and medical centres: a statement from the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons
AID  - 10.1503/cjs.020719
DP  - 2022 Mar 09
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - E170--E177
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/65/2/E170.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/65/2/E170.full
SO  - CAN J SURG2022 Mar 09; 65
AB  - The goal of this statement is to offer standardization in bariatric care across Canada, to provide patients with optimal access to obesity treatment and potentially improve outcomes by reducing complications, length of hospital stay and readmission rate. The definition of Canadian standards also aims to promote a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to patients with obesity, to define the minimal qualifications for surgical and medical training and to offer credentialling for bariatric surgical and medical centres. In addition, we emphasize the importance of developing a national registry for the assessment of quality of care across the country and to evaluate outcomes of long-term treatment. These recommendations are based on expert opinion as well as the most recent clinical evidence.