This article details important considerations for quality and outcomes reporting in bariatric surgery with the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) public user file (PUF) data set. In 2012, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) merged their respective bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program, the MBSAQIP.¹ This program is responsible for accrediting inpatient and outpatient bariatric surgery centers in the United States and Canada. To date, 780 bariatric surgery programs are MBSAQIP-accredited; together, these account for 94% of bariatric programs in these countries.¹ As part of accreditation, centers are required to input prospectively collected patient data into the MBSAQIP national data registry platform.²

本文详细介绍了通过代谢和减肥手术鉴定和质量改进计划（MBSAQIP）公开用户文件（PUF）数据集进行的减肥手术质量和结果报告的重要注意事项。2012年，美国外科医生学院（ACS）和美国新陈代谢和减肥手术学会（ASMBS）将他们各自的减肥手术认证计划合并为一个统一的计划，即MBSAQIP。¹该计划负责认证美国和加拿大的住院和门诊减肥手术中心。迄今为止，已有780项减肥手术程序获得MBSAQIP认证；这些国家合起来占这些减肥计划的94％。^1个作为认证的一部分，要求中心将预期收集的患者数据输入MBSAQIP国家数据注册平台。^2个