Patient Preferences or Surgeons enforced preferences, when deciding between Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy.

Dear Colleagues, I was intrigued by the report from Kallies KJ et al. on “Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy: what factors influence patient preference?” and asked myself the question if surgeons preferences were in fact the driver, when presenting evidenced based facts to patients, helping them making a wise decision about their future procedure [1]. Perhaps also, because sleeve gastrectomy (SG) (LSG) has risen in popularity and patients coming to bariatric surgery offices are requesting more and more this procedure, it may in fact, be in collision with surgical preferences of certain bariatric surgeons.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research