The Impact of Laparoscopy on Bariatric Surgery • Cottam DR et al 2005;19(5):621-627. As compared with the open approach, the laparoscopic approach to bariatric surgery elicits different biologic responses and offers clinical advantages that the authors suggest have contributed to the growing popularity of the surgery. In this review, the authors attempt to understand the differences between and advantages of the open and laparoscopic approaches.
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