Five-year Trend Utilization of Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgeries -MBSAQIP Data

Background: Robotic-assisted surgery has gained increased popularity over the past years. The main goal of this analysis was to evaluate the national 5-year trend in robotic-assisted metabolic and bariatric surgery (M BS). Methods: A retrospective analysis of the 2015-2019 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program data was conducted. After excluding participants with band-related procedures and missing values, final analyses were performed on 844,097 participants. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and open biliopancreatic diversion were included in the analysis. Pearson chi-square tests compared differences among MBS procedures. Multivariable logistic regression determined any demographic predictors of robotic-assisted MBS utilization. Results: Of the 844,097 MBS performed between 2015 and 2019, 9.31% (n = 78,603) were robotic-assisted with 76.68% patients aged between 31-60 years and only 0.31% adolescents (