Post written by Maria Valeria Matteo, MD, from Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. This study is a prospective multicenter investigation aimed at assessing the safety, efficacy, and usability of the EndoZip suturing device (Nitinotes Ltd, Cesarea, Israel) for automatic endoscopic gastroplasty in the treatment of class 1 …
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Prospective, single-arm multicenter, international, observational postmarket study to assess the safety and efficacy of a triangulation platform for treating patients requiring endoscopic gastroplasty
Post written by Maria Valeria Matteo, MD, from Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. This study is a prospective, multicenter, international, observational postmarket registry aimed at assessing the safety and efficacy of the Endomina triangulation platform (Endo Tools Therapeutics, Gosselies, Belgium) for endoscopic gastroplasty in treating obesity. It specifically evaluates …
Endoscopic removal of 2 types of eroded gastric bands using endoscopic scissors
Post written by Mark Hanscom, MD, from Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. With this video case, we present the endoscopic removal of 2 types of eroded gastric bands. In the first case, a patient presented following adjustable laparoscopic gastric band (Lap-Band) placement with weight regain. Initial testing with an upper GI series identified …
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Novel approach to endoluminal antral gastroplasty using a modified gastrostomy tube and laparoscopic stapler
Post written by Mark Hanscom, MD, from Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA. The focus of our study was exploring the feasibility of a novel intraluminal technique for the treatment of obesity. Over the last decade, the field of bariatric endoscopy has continued to grow with the introduction of new technologies and refinement of …
Endoscopically directed single-port intragastric fundoplication, sleeve gastroplasty, and myotomy: a preclinical study in a porcine model
Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. A tool commonly used in laparoscopic surgeries is the articulating stapler. This allows for efficient tissue removal or remodeling with the push of a button. As miniaturization permitting a stapler to fit through a scope’s working …
Division of a long-term symptomatic tissue bridge for reversal of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
Post written by Andrew Canakis, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A young woman who had undergone endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) was referred due to persistent symptoms of delayed gastric emptying and resulting malnutrition. Endoscopic reversal of the sleeve was recommended to avoid a …
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is feasible after failed modified primary obesity surgery endoluminal procedure
Post written by Vincenzo Bove, MD, from the Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, and the Centre for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training (CERTT), Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy. This video shows the first case of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) with Apollo Overstitch 2 years after a previous modified primary obesity …
Perspectives toward minimizing the adverse events of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
Post written by Vivek Kumbhari, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. This review focuses on the technical aspects required to perform an endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). Though there is a growing body of literature on the clinical outcomes of ESG, there is little …
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Same-session endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and transoral incisionless fundoplication
Post written by Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York. In this video we present a 63-year-old woman with class II obesity (BMI 36 kg/m 2 ), 236 lbs, proton-pump inhibitor (PPI)-responsive GERD, who was referred for further management …
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in peritoneal dialysis
Post written by Avik Sarkar, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. We describe the case of a 51-year-old woman with diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, ESRD on PD for 3 years, and morbid obesity that failed to respond to lifestyle and dietary modification for weight loss. The …
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