Robert P Shapiro
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Robert P Shapiro is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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Open versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a comparative study of over 25,000 open cases and the major laparoscopic bariatric reported series.
Kenneth B Jones,Joseph D. Afram,Peter N. Benotti,Rafael F. Capella,C. Gary Cooper,Latham Flanagan,Steven Hendrick,L. Michael Howell,Mark T. Jaroch,Kerry Kole,Oscar C. Lirio,James A Sapala,Michael P Schuhknecht,Robert P Shapiro,William A. Sweet,Michael H. Wood +15 more
TL;DR: The higher cost, higher leak rate, higher rate of small bowel obstruction, and similar long-term weight loss results make the "open" RYGBP the authors' preferred operation.
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