Editorial
Published:
May 1, 2019
Comment on: Racial Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery
Zhamak Khorgami, Nestor De La Cruz-Muñoz
Key Takeaways
- Research shows patients from different racial/ethnic backgrounds can experience different complication rates and outcomes after bariatric surgery. This commentary discusses contributing factors and solutions.
- Dr. de la Cruz-Muñoz's landmark ethnicity study became the 5th most cited article in Obesity Surgery's history, with extensive additional research on disparities.
- Being invited to write this SOARD commentary reflects standing as a national voice on health equity in bariatric surgery.
- For diverse patients, this reinforces a career-long commitment to equitable surgical outcomes across all groups.
Abstract/Summary
This invited commentary published in SOARD provided expert analysis on a study examining racial disparities in perioperative outcomes after bariatric surgery, addressing socioeconomic factors, access to care, implicit bias, and biological variability contributing to outcome differences across racial groups, drawing on extensive prior research on ethnicity and bariatric surgery outcomes.
Khorgami Z, De La Cruz-Muñoz N. Comment on: Racial Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2019;15(5):804-805. doi:10.1016/j.soard.2019.02.008.
