Introduction: Although it has received several criticisms, which is considered to be the most
effective method used for global assessment of morbid obesity surgical treatment,
still needs to be updated. Objective: Critical analysis of BAROS constitution and method. Method
: BAROS as headings was searched in literature review using data
from the main bariatric surgery journals until 2009. Results: Where found and assessed 121 papers containing criticisms on BAROS constitution
and methodology. It has some failures and few researches show results on the use
of this instrument, although it is still considered a standard method. Several
authors that used it found imperfections in its methodology and suggested some
changes addressed to improving its acceptance, showing the need of developing new
methods to qualify the bariatric surgery results.
Conclusion: BAROS constitution has failures and its methodology needs to be updated.
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