Robotic vs. laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with BMI ≥ 60 kg/m2 - results of over 230,000 patients using the MBSAQIP database
Kamil Rapacz, Jaroslaw Szymanski, R Armour Forse, Tomasz Rogula · 2025
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Kamil Rapacz, Jaroslaw Szymanski, Armour Forse, and Tomasz Rogula published a 2025 comparison of robotic and standard keyhole gastric bypass in patients with very severe obesity. A body mass index of 60 or more makes weight-loss surgery riskier and technically harder. Robots give surgeons steadier, more precise movements, but their value at this size was unproven.
The study drew on a national database covering 233,828 bypass patients from 2020 to 2023. Patients at the highest weights had more complications and more emergency visits than lighter patients. Within the heaviest group, robotic and keyhole surgery had the same 30-day complication rate. Robotic operations took longer, but patients left hospital sooner. The authors call for careful multi-centre trials to settle which approach is best.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kamil Rapacz, Jaroslaw Szymanski, R Armour Forse, Tomasz Rogula |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |