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. 2021 Apr;17(4):694-700.
doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.12.005. Epub 2020 Dec 16.

RETRACTED: Robotic surgery results in better outcomes following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program analysis for the years 2015-2018

Maher El Chaar  1 , Keith King  2 , Jean F Salem  2 , AbdulAziz Arishi  2 , Alvaro Galvez  2 , Jill Stoltzfus  3
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RETRACTED: Robotic surgery results in better outcomes following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program analysis for the years 2015-2018

Maher El Chaar et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Apr.

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Retraction Guidelines because of the author's (Maher el Chaar) failure to comply with SOARD guidelines for appropriate disclosure of conflict of interest with industry as well as flawed research design and analytical errors that resulted in biased conclusions considered to be misleading to patients and readers.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement project; Obesity surgery; Outcomes; Robotic surgery.

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