Article History
First Online: 16 May 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: All the procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Individual informed consent was obtained for each patient undergoing TB after receiving information on the possible revision of the procedure either suppressing the small bowel short circuit in case of excessive side effects or converting to a “true” BPD-DS.
: Dr. Topart received honoraria for teaching from Ethicon and Medtronic as well as from Olympus. Dr. Becouarn received honoraria for teaching from Ethicon and Medtronic. Dr. Finel has no conflict of interest to report.