Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) was safe and effective for weight loss, during a single-centre five-year follow-up study.
“It is a great procedure, patients are satisfied, and it achieves good results,” Dr. Reem Sharaiha of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City told Reuters Health by email. “ESG has been gaining momentum among the patient population. Many were interested in the long-term results of endoscopic approaches, including insurances/bariatric surgeons, as most (studies) have not shown durability in the past.”
Dr Sharaiha and colleagues studied 216 patients who underwent ESG at Weill Cornell from 2013-2019 (mean age, 46; 68% women). During the procedure, the endoscopist inserts a suturing device through the mouth and into the stomach, which is sutured to make it smaller.
Study participants had a body mass index of >30 kg/m2 (or >27 with comorbidities) and had failed to achieve a total body weight loss (TBWL) of at least 5% with noninvasive measures such as drugs.
Source: Medscape