∗Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
†Department of General Surgery, AZ Sint Jan Brugge-Oostende, Bruges, Belgium
‡Department of Surgery, Rijnstate Hospital/Vitalys Clinics, Arnhem, The Netherlands
§Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
¶Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, Fresno, California
||The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida
∗∗Bariatric and Metabolic Center, Department of Surgery, Clinica Las Condes, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
††Department of Visceral Surgery, Clarunis: St.Clara Hosptital, Basel, Switzerland
‡‡Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
§§Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Nice, University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
¶¶Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
||||Department ofGastroenterological Surgery, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
∗∗∗Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
†††Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Dipreca Hospital, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
‡‡‡Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
§§§Department of Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK
¶¶¶Department of Surgery, St Blasius Hospital, Dendermonde, Belgium
||||||Department of Surgery, Delta CHIREC Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
∗∗∗∗Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan
††††The European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, St Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
‡‡‡‡Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
§§§§Department of Surgery, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland
¶¶¶¶Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
||||||||Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
∗∗∗∗∗Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
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Communication: The study will be presented as oral presentation at the 27th meeting of the European Surgical Association on 14 May 2021.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Prof. Peterli reports consulting fees from Johnson & Johnson, outside the submitted work. Prof. Bueter reports personal fees from Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, outside the submitted work. Prof. Himpens reports personal fees from Ethicon, personal fees from Medtronic, outside the submitted work. Dr. Dillemans reports consulting fees from Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson, outside the submitted work. Prof. Lannoo reports an unrestricted grant from Medtronic. The other authors have no commercial associations to disclose.
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