Article History
First Online: 5 February 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: All the authors included in the study have no related conflict of interest. Dr. Mohit Bhandari is a consultant with Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Intutive Surgical, Stryker, Karl Storz, Bariatric Solution and Apollo Endo-surgery, none of which had any relationship to this study. Dr. Mathias Fobi is the founding President of Bariatec Corporation and owns shares in the company. This had no relationship with the study. Dr Winni Mathur has no conflict of interest. Dr Susmit Kosta has no conflict of interest. The data collection was done independently by the authors.
: For this type of study, formal consent was not required of the patient however preoperatively, all patients provided written informed consent for their operation and to have de-identified data analyzed. The institutional review board approved this study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the standards of the institution and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.