Brönnimann, A.
Jung, M. K.
Niclauss, N.
Hagen, M. E.
Toso, C.
Buchs, Nicolas C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-3929
Article History
First Online: 7 May 2020
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: A. Brönnimann, M. K. Jung, N. Niclauss, M. E. Hagen, C. Toso, N. C. Buchs have no conflict of interest. Monika E. Hagen received personal fees and non-financial support from Intuitive Surgical Inc., Quantgene Inc., Ethicon Inc., and Verb Surgical, outside this project.
: All 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.
: For this type of study (retrospective), formal consent is not required. However, all patients signed an informed consent form before undergoing bariatric surgery.
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