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Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy

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Sleeve gastrectomy is a definitive surgical treatment for bariatric patients desiring weight loss. Though this surgery is most commonly performed laparoscopically, robotic sleeve gastrectomy can be less technically challenging in super-obese patients (BMI ≥ 50). The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed description of a robotic sleeve gastrectomy using the da Vinci robot (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA). Additionally, we review pertinent literature describing the potential benefits of the application of robotic techniques to bariatric operations and compare patient outcomes following robotic versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

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  1. GI/Endocrine Division, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Dina S. Itum M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Dina S. Itum M.D.

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Sachin S. Kukreja M.D.

  4. North Texas Veterans Affairs, Dallas, TX, USA

    Sachin S. Kukreja M.D.

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  1. Department of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Emory Endosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ankit D. Patel

  2. Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, The Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Dmitry Oleynikov

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Itum, D.S., Kukreja, S.S. (2018). Masters Program Bariatric Pathway: Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy. In: Patel, A.D., Oleynikov, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Robotic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51362-1_9

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