Efficacy and safety of bariatric revisions in patients older than 65 years old.

Background: Bariatric surgery in advanced age patients (>65-years-old) has been proven safe and effective. Revisional bariatric surgery is infrequently required for cases of refractory obesity. However, there is a paucity of data regarding revisional surgery for the elderly.

Extraction bags provide no benefit when compared to unprotected lateral stomach extraction during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Background: Currently, no evidence compares outcomes for techniques utilizing surgical specimen extractions bags versus unprotected extraction.

Methods: Evaluation of sleeve gastrectomies performed at two high-volume centers. Cases where an extraction bag was used (+EB) were compared to bag-less extraction (-EB).