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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Minimally Invasive Surgery |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/347131 |