International Panel of Leading Bariatric Surgeons Reaches Consensus on Optimal Techniques for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY

For the first time, an international panel of experts has reached consensus on the best practices for performing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, a rapidly growing bariatric surgical procedure.The panel, made up of 25 leading bariatric surgeons, compiled the consensus statement to help the surgical community continue to improve patient outcomes, minimize complications and move toward adoption of standardized techniques. The results have been published in a paper titled “International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement: Best Practice Guidelines Based on Experience of Over 12,000 Cases” in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), the official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The assembly and work of the expert surgeon panel that developed the consensus was supported by an educational grant from Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES). This is part of the EES commitment to the development of science-based bariatric and metabolic solutions through collaboration with healthcare professionals to help deliver the best possible patient outcomes. Learn more at http://bit.ly/AulTDJ