Post written by Vivek Kumbhari, MD, and Lea Fayad, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Our study compared 2 weight-loss procedures, the commonly performed laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and the newly introduced, minimally invasive endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). The LSG has excellent weight-loss outcomes but, as an elective …

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