Comparison of robotic revisional weight loss surgery and laparoscopic revisional weight loss surgery using the MBSAQIP database.

Background: Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment of morbid obesity, diabetes mellitus and many other diseases. The most common bariatric operations in the U.S. are the sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass, respectively. The third most common is revisional bariatric surgery.

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Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Benjamin L Clapp, Robert Jones, Alan Tyroch, Christopher Dodoo, Evan Liggett Tags: Thursday, November 15th8:00 am--9:45 am Source Type: research