Laparoscopic Conversion of Gastric Plication to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

Purpose: Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a relative new bariatric procedure with a high revision rate, mostly to sleeve gastrectomy. There are few reported cases of conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). The purpose of this video was to show the feasibility and safety, as well as the main technical aspects, of a laparoscopic conversion of gastric plication to RYGB.

What have we learned in minimally invasive colorectal surgery from NSQIP and NIS large databases? A systematic review.

Background: "Big data" refers to large amount of dataset. Those large databases are useful in many areas, including healthcare. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) and the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) are big databases that were developed in the USA in order to record surgical outcomes.

Outcomes after bariatric surgery according to large databases: a systematic review.

Purpose: The rapid development of technological tools to record data allows storage of enormous datasets, often termed "big data". In the USA, three large databases have been developed to store data regarding surgical outcomes: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP), the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). We aimed to evaluate the clinical impact of studies found in these databases concerning outcomes of bariatric surgery.