De Luca, Maurizio
Belluzzi, Amanda
Monami, Matteo
Angrisani, Luigi
Carbajo, Miguel Angel
Di Lorenzo, Nicola
Himpens, Jacques
Kermansaravi, Mohammad
Merola, Giovanni
Navarra, Giuseppe
Nimeri, Abdelrahman
Petry, Tarissa B. Z.
Piatto, Giacomo
Shikora, Scott
Cohen, Ricardo V.
Article History
Received: 4 September 2025
Revised: 4 September 2025
Accepted: 13 September 2025
First Online: 9 December 2025
Declarations
: No ethical review is required for this activity.
: Scott Shikora and Ricardo Cohen are Editor in Chief and Advisory Editor of Obesity Surgery.Author 1 reports grants from Johnson and Johnson, grants from Medtronic, and consultancy fees from Novo Nordisk. All were outside the submitted study.Author 11 is a speaker for Medtronic and on the scientific advisory board for Ethicon.Author 15 reports payment or honoraria for lectures from Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson Brazil, Medtronic, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk. Cohen is on the scientific advisory board for Morphic Medical and declares research grants paid to the Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil from Johnson & Johnson, Medtech, Marlex Brazil and Medtronic.