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The number of bariatric surgical operations performed in the United States has been steadily increasing for the last 5 years. It is estimated that 228,000 weight-loss surgeries were performed in 2017. Of those, 59% were sleeve gastrectomy, 18% were gastric bypass, 3% were gastric band, and 1% were biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. The remaining 14% were revisional procedures.

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  3. New Life Surgical Associates, Department of Bariatric Surgery, Jacksonville, FL, USA

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Sharma, S.K., Cottam, S., Sharma, R., Sharma, S., Cottam, D. (2020). Gastric Bypass Complications. In: Borao, F., Binenbaum, S., Matharoo, G. (eds) Revisional Foregut Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28273-8_8

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