Khalid SI, Maasarani S, Shanker RM, et al. - Via performing this population-based study using the MARINER-15 database, an all-payer claims database, researchers aimed to determine the impacts of social determinants of health on postoperative outcomes after vertical sleeve gastrectomy. For morbid obesity and its associated comorbidities, vertical sleeve gastrectomy is identified as an effective treatment. Although patients with social determinants of health showed more frequent development of the analyzed postoperative complications (including cardiac complication, acute kidney injury, deep vein thrombosis, wound complication, hematoma, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, transfusion, or urinary tract infection) within 60 days, they less frequently returned for readmission, highlighting the relevance of focused follow-up and other measures to avoid lapses in care and reduce further barriers to care in this population.