ArticleUpdates in surgery2021
Learning curve and global benchmark values of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: results of first 100 cases of a newly trained surgeon in an Italian center of excellence.
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- Cognitive learning versus practical "hands-on" training for acquisition of laparoscopic surgical skills: an optimal combination study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Trial
- Effects of training in pairs versus training alone on reaching proficiency in minimally invasive Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass on a virtual reality trainer in medical students: a randomized-controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Trial
- Early Outcomes, Learning Curve and Cost Analysis of Totally Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Technical variability and safety of sleeve gastrectomy: a nationwide survey of bariatric centers in Poland.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2025Article
- Staple Line Reinforcement during Sleeve Gastrectomy with SeamGuard: Single-Center Retrospective Case-Control Study over a 5-Year Period.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Safety and efficacy of OAGB/MGB during the learning curve: setting a benchmark in a bariatric center of excellence.Updates in surgery · 2023Article
- Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: remote coaching in bariatric surgery.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- A Hub and Spoke Learning Program in Bariatric Surgery in a Small Region of Italy.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
To evaluate whether the learning curve for sleeve gastrectomy could be completed after 50 cases. First 100 patients undergoing LSG under a newly trained laparoscopic surgeon were included in this study and divided into two groups of 50 consecutive patients each. Perioperative outcomes were compared to recently introduced global benchmarks. Short-term weight loss was calculated as Total Weight Loss Percent (%TWL) and complications were classified in accordance with the Clavien-Dindo classification. CUSUM analysis was performed for operative time and hospital stay. Mean preoperative age and BMI were 41.8 ± 10.3 years and 42.9 ± 5.4 kg/m
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