Bariatric Surgery Gerasimos Tzivras, M.D. Prof. Matthias Kemen, M.D. Herne Protestant Hospital, Department of Surgery, Herne, Germany

Assessment of Complications Following Primary Bariatric Surgery According to the Clavien-Dindo Classification - Comparison Between Sleeve Gastrectomy & Gastric Bypass David Goitein 1, Nasser Sakran 2, 3, 4, Amir Szold 2, Asnat Raziel 2 1 Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel 2 Israeli Center for Bariatric Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel 3 Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel 4 Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Introduction: Bariatric surgery is the mainstay treatment for morbid obesity. Common procedure options are laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic gastric bypass (GBP). The specific method selected depends on several factors. In contrast with most types of elective surgeries, patient preference has great impact on the procedure choice. The quoted “safety” of the procedure greatly influences this decision. Many surgeons believe LSG to be safer than LRYGBP, and convey this to the patients. This has caused a dramatic shift in pra...