Bariatric Surgery Registry

Registry custodian:	Professor John McNeil Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Registry contact:	Ms Brooke Backman Email: med-bsr@monash.edu Phone: +61 3 9903 0725
Clinical lead:	Professor Wendy Brown Chair, Department of Surgery Director, Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Monash University
Purpose / aims:	The Bariatric Surgery Registry aims to: record the immediate safety of bariatric surgery in Australia and New Zealand study longitudinally the safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in Australia and New Zealand track key health changes following bariatric surgery in Australia and New Zealand
Population captured:	The BSR is a population-based registry which aims to measure outcomes for patients undergoing bariatric surgery across surgical practices in Australia and New Zealand.
Outcomes collected:	Clinical quality indicators – defined adverse events in perioperative period, mortality and reoperation in primary patients over 10 years Clinical outcomes in primary patients (over 10 years): excess weight loss and changes in diabetes treatment
Funding sources:	Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand Commonwealth Government, Department of Health Industry Partners – Applied Medical, Coviden and Gore
Further information:	monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/registries/bariatric