Journal article
Totally endoscopic implant to effect a gastric bypass: 12-month safety and efficacy outcomes
Abstract
BackgroundOnly a small percentage of candidates for bariatric surgery ever undergo a procedure for weight loss. Devices duplicating key effects of bariatric surgeries with removable, fully trans-oral implants could extend their benefits to patients unwilling to undergo anatomy-altering abdominal surgeries.MethodsThirty-two obese subjects (mean BMI: 42.3) were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter, single-arm, feasibility trial of the first …
Authors
Sandler BJ; Biertho L; Anvari M; Rumbaut R; Morales-Garza LA; Torres-Barrera G; Marceau S; Hong D; Smith CD; Horgan S
Journal
Surgical Endoscopy, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 4436–4442
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
November 2018
DOI
10.1007/s00464-018-6186-0
ISSN
0930-2794