Publications by authors named "S Msika"
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- * Two groups were compared: one with laboratory tests on postoperative days 1 and 3 (LAB group) and one without these tests (control group).
- * Results indicated no significant advantages for the LAB group in terms of complication rates, and routine monitoring led to longer hospital stays, suggesting limited benefits of this approach.
Objective: To investigate the way robotic assistance affected rate of complications in bariatric surgery at expert robotic and laparoscopic surgery facilities.
Background: While the benefits of robotic assistance were established at the beginning of surgical training, there is limited data on the robot's influence on experienced bariatric laparoscopic surgeons.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study using the BRO clinical database (2008-2022) collecting data of patients operated on in expert centers.
Purpose: Sleeve gastrectomy with transit bipartition (SG-TB) could be an attractive alternative to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) on weight loss and improvement of comorbidities in patients with obesity. However, there is little long-term data. Translational research on a rat model could allow long-term projection to assess efficacy and safety of SG-TB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Management of diverticulum of the lower esophagus or epiphrenic diverticulum can be performed using the abdominal or thoracic approach. In some cases, the thoracic approach is preferred, but few studies have described thoracoscopic resection. The objective of the present study was to investigate the thoracoscopic approach for management of epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) is described in 1%-4% of patients.
Objective: To evaluate the role of endoscopy in the management of stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy using a standardized approach according to the characteristic of stenosis.
Setting: Retrospective, observational, single-center study on patients referred from several bariatric surgery departments to an endoscopic referral center.