The increasing global burden of obesity and its associated comorbidities has created an
urgent need for additional treatment options to fight this pandemic. Endoscopic bariatric …

A gastrointestinal (GI) transmural defect is defined as total rupture of the GI wall, and these
defects can be divided into three categories: perforations, leaks, and fistulas. Surgical …

Background & Aims Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is an incisionless, minimally
invasive bariatric procedure that reduces the length and width of the gastric cavity to …

Objective Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), an incisionless endoscopic bariatric
procedure, has shown impressive results in case series. This study examines the …

Results: At 6 months, weight loss was− 3.3% of total body weight (− 3.2 kg) in the lifestyle
arm vs− 10.2%(− 9.9 kg) in the balloon plus lifestyle arm (P< 0.001); at 9 months (3 months …

The increasing global burden of obesity and its associated comorbidities has created an
urgent need for additional treatment options to fight this pandemic. Endoscopic bariatric …

Endoscopic bariatric therapy may be a useful alternative to pharmacological treatment for
obesity, and it provides greater efficacy with lower risks than do conventional surgical …

Background Obesity is at epidemic proportions and increasing. Bariatric surgical procedures
have demonstrated better durable weight loss than diet and exercise; however, risk may limit …

Background We report our initial experience and 6-month outcomes in a single center using
the per-oral Incisionless Operating Platform™(IOP)(USGI Medical) to place transmural …

BACKGROUND More than one-third of US adults are obese. 1 The increasing prevalence of
obesity in the United States has been accompanied by an increasing prevalence in its …