Daniel B Maselli, Aayed R Alqahtani, Barham K Abu Dayyeh, Mohamed Elahmedi, Andrew C Storm, Reem Matar, Jose Nieto, Andre Teixeira, Maryam Al Khatry, Manoel Galvao Neto, Vivek Kumbhari, Eric J Vargas, Veeravich Jaruvongvanich, Manpreet S Mundi, Ameya Deshmukh, Mohamad I Itani, Jad Farha, Christopher G Chapman, Reem Sharaiha
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) facilitates significant and durable weight loss; however, weight recidivism and need for revisional surgery occur in a subset of patients. Reduction of a dilated LSG using the revisional endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (R-ESG) approach is an appealing and minimally invasive alternative to surgical revision that is congruent with obesity as a chronic relapsing disease model. In this study, we examine the safety and efficacy of the technique in a large multicenter international cohort...
January 2021: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy