Clinical Trials News: LATE BREAKING NEWS: UPDATED EDITION of the 8TH IFSO GLOBAL REGISTRY REPORT

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Dear IFSO Members,

We are glad to share with you the UPDATED EDITION of the 8th IFSO Global Registry Report 2023, which includes also the US data provided by ASMBS.

The data were collected from 502.150 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeries (MBS) that were performed in 24 countries and from 2 regional registries representing 81.4% of known registries. During the past year we welcomed new members including Azerbaijan, Iran, and South Korea.

The data collected is extremely rich for several reasons. First, it was collected from more than 500,000 patients worldwide. That creates significant subject diversity, so that the collected data are an extremely accurate portrayal of the current practice of MBS. In addition, the volume of collected data increases yearly, perpetually increasing the value of the registry.

Furthermore, the collected data enables IFSO and others to be able to understand current patterns in the field, for example, the types of procedure being performed, changes in procedure volumes, patient selection, and patient access to care.

Lastly, the collected data are invaluable for conducting clinical research which may affect the popularity of the current MBS procedures, reduce the incidence of perioperative adverse events, improve the long term results of surgery, and welcome endoscopic procedures further improving patient access to care.

An extensive paper summarizing the data contained in the 8th IFSO Registry Report has just been published in Obesity Surgery

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE (OPEN ACCESS)

We thank the Past Chair, Wendy Brown, the current Chair, Ronald Liem, and the entire Registry Committee, who have been working so hard on the IFSO Registry over the last years, providing a GLOBAL database/registry to all our members/nations/chapters to collect 100% comparable data for the benefit of our patients.

Wendy Brown

Past Chair

IFSO Registry Committee

Ronald Liem

Current Chair

IFSO Registry Committee

We also want to thank all the national Societies which contributed to the IFSO Registry: without your support, we would not have this Global Registry.

We hope to see many more Societies establishing their national registries in the near future with IFSO's help and support.

We look forward to producing the 9th IFSO REGISTRY REPORT with 2023 data. All the Presidents of our national Societies have already received an email with the instructions on how to start the data collection.