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Robotic and laparoscopic gastric bypass: are they comparable?

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Pietro Addeo and Nicolas Christian Buchs have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation, Pôle des Pathologies Digestives, Hépatiques et de la Transplantation, Hôpital de Hautpierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Pietro Addeo

  2. Clinic for Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nicolas C. Buchs

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Addeo, P., Buchs, N.C. Robotic and laparoscopic gastric bypass: are they comparable?. Surg Endosc 26, 576–577 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-1881-0

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