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In this chapter, we briefly discuss clinical outcomes research and its effect on minimally invasive surgery and then focus on the recently launched Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) database as an example of high-quality clinical surgical research. The term “outcomes research” has been used to refer to a wide range of studies, and there is no single definition for either that has gained widespread acceptance.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 5 East 98th St, 15th floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Alexander J. Greenstein MD, MPH

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA

    Bruce M. Wolfe MD (Professor of Surgery)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Greenstein, A.J., Wolfe, B.M. (2012). Clinical Research Improves Patient Care. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_13

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