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Robot-Assisted Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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This chapter reviews the technique and outcomes of robot-assisted Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). With the rise in obesity and bariatric procedures, surgeons are encountering patients with high body mass index (BMI) and revisional bariatric procedures. The use of digital platforms holds great promise for these complex procedures. Many specialists consider RYGB, which involves two anastomoses (gastrojejunostomy and jejunojejunostomy), to be the gold-standard surgical procedure for morbid obesity. Robotic surgery is currently considered to be an attractive technology that could help perform RYGB, given its well-described advantages. It is also the most-studied robotic bariatric procedure. This chapter describes the instrumentation, patient positioning, operating room setup, surgical technique, and outcomes of robot-assisted RYGB.

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  1. Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Vivek Bindal MS, FNB

  2. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Enrique E. Elli MD, FACS

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  1. Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Yuman Fong

  2. Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Yanghee Woo

  3. Robotic Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Woo Jin Hyung

  4. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Clayton Lau

  5. Department of Surgery, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Vivian E. Strong

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Bindal, V., Elli, E.E. (2018). Robot-Assisted Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. In: Fong, Y., Woo, Y., Hyung, W., Lau, C., Strong, V. (eds) The SAGES Atlas of Robotic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91045-1_31

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