Dendrite Clinical Systems is pleased to announce the prestigious journal, Obesity Surgery, has published a paper highlighting international bariatric surgery practice from the 4th Dendrite/IFSO Global Registry Report. The paper, ‘Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Baseline Demographic Description and One-Year Outcomes from the Fourth Dendrite/IFSO Global Registry Report 2018’, (Himpens et al. Obesity Surgery. March 2019.
Dendrite Clinical Systems and The American Vein and Lymphatic Society (formerly the American College of Phlebology) are delighted to announce the launch of the American Vein and Lymphatic Society Registry - a ‘real-time’ clinical database that will identify practice patterns for venous and lymphatic disease diagnosis and treatment across North America.
Dendrite Clinical Systems and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in the UK are pleased to announce the SCTS Conference News 2019 newspaper is now available to view/download. This is the fourth successive year Dendrite has published the newspaper on behalf of the SCTS. The newspaper reports a multitude of presentations from the meeting including the latest and the best information on new technologies and techniques in cardio-thoracic surgery. 
Dendrite Clinical Systems, the publisher of Bariatric News, is pleased to announce issue 39 of the newspaper is now available to view/download. The newspaper reports on research, technology, events and policy in the bariatric specialty, the latest clinical studies, policy changes and product news, the latest meetings and events, interviews prominent bariatric experts, and host debates between specialists on controversial topics.
Dendrite Clinical Systems in pleased to announce its clinical database system has been selected to collect, record and analyse data from the Obesity Research Biobank Syndicate (ORBiS) Registry. ORBiS is a network of multidisciplinary professionals working towards a common goal: to gain novel insights into obesity and weight management, and help translate these findings into improved patient care. 
Dendrite publishes first ever national bariatric and metabolic surgery report in the Arabian Gulf region
Dendrite Clinical Systems and The State of Kuwait Ministry of Health, in conjunction with Bader Sultan & Brothers Company, are pleased to announce the publication of the First Kuwait National Bariatric Registry Report 2019, the first ever national report on bariatric and metabolic surgery in the Arabian Gulf region. This inaugural report, which includes 3,302 bariatric surgery cases, contains data on baseline obesity-related disease, operation types, operative outcomes and disease status after bariatric surgery in Kuwait.
“It is with great pleasure that I commend this First Report of the National Bariatric Surgery Database made available by Dendrite Clinical Systems. This National Bariatric Surgery Database initiative is the first of its kind in the State of Kuwait,” His Excellency, Dr Basel Hamoud Al-Sabah, Minister of Health, Kuwait, writes in the report. “There are only a few countries in the world that have the capability to have a unified registry under one network. Many countries maintain hospital-based registries. Even fewer countries have national databases…Therefore, we are very proud that we now have a national registry established under one network for all the government hospitals in Kuwait.
The Kuwait National Bariatric Surgical Registry utilised Dendrite’s “Intellect Web” national registry software to facilitate on-line data entry. The Registry is accessed using a range of modern html-5 compatible web browsers, allowing registrants to enter data without the need to install additional software or perform any complex system configurations.
The Kuwait National Bariatric Registry currently comprises data being submitted from six public by 63 surgeons and collected data from 3,302 cases. The “Intellect Web” software recorded data on patient demographics, procedure data, outcomes, as well as information ten obesity-related conditions including: type 2 diabetes, back or leg pain, depression, impaired functional status, gastro-oesophageal reflux, raised blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, liver disease, sleep apnoea and increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
“We are delighted to publish this first report and I would like to thank all the contributors for submitting their data,” said Dr Peter Walton, Managing Director of Dendrite. “This report clearly demonstrates the safety and effectiveness of bariatric and metabolic surgery for treating patients with obesity in Kuwait. I hope this report will be the first in a series of ground-breaking reports that will record and analyse clinical data, and help improve patient outcomes.”
