The Initial Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Surgeon’s Experience While Introducing the Robotic Technology in a Bariatric Surgery Department

Objective. Robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy has the potential to treat patients with obesity and its comorbidities. To evaluate the learning curve for this procedure before undergoing Roux en-Y gastric bypass is the objective of this paper. Materials and Methods. Robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy w...

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Main Authors: Ramon Vilallonga, José Manuel Fort, Oscar Gonzalez, Enric Caubet, Angeles Boleko, Karl John Neff, Manel Armengol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Minimally Invasive Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/347131