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Outcomes of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure that has demonstrated both safety and effectiveness in the treatment of obesity.
Vanessa Pamela Salolin Vargas, Omar Thaher, Moustafa Elshafei, Sjaak Pouwels, Carolina Pape-Köhler   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic treatments for obesity: a clinical evidence map and systematic review to inform a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment
Background Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity, but access is limited. Endoscopic obesity treatments are potentially cheaper and less invasive options, which may be similarly effective.
Esther Albon, Nafsika Afentou, Janine Dretzke, James Hall, Chidubem Okeke Ogwulu, Malcolm J Price, Ken Clare, Rishi Singhal, Abd Tahrani, Emma Frew, David J Moore   +10 more
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Clinical and surgical profiles of patients submitted to plastic surgery procedures after bariatric surgery in a public hospital in Brazil’s Midwest [PDF]

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Introduction: Patients who undergo to gastroplasty present massive weight loss and the plastic surgery represents an important play in the treatment.
JEFFERSON LESSA SOARES DE MACEDO, SIMONE CORRÊA ROSA, LUIS FELIPE ROSA DE MACEDO, CECÍLIA ROSA DE MACEDO, MARIANA FIUZA GONÇALVES, BRENNER DOLIS MARRETTO DE MOURA   +5 more
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Liver abscess after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of obesity. The procedure is generally safe and well-tolerated, but major adverse events occur in up to 3% of patients.
Vincenzo Cirimele, Giulia D'Amone, Daniele Vertulli, Giuseppe Spagnolo, Matteo Pileri, Edoardo Montanari, Eliodoro Faiella, Bruno Beomonte Zobel   +7 more
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Comparison between butterfly gastroplasty (a new modified gastroplasty technique) and sleeve gastrectomy [PDF]

Ain-Shams Journal of Surgery, 2014
  Background: Vertical banded gastroplasty  (VBG) and sleeve gastrectomy(SG)  are purely gastric restrictive procedures designed to reduce appetite by decreasing the size of the stomach.
M.A Marzouk, Mashaal Anas, Elsobky AS, Sherif Abdelhalim, Youhanna S. Shafik, Mohammed Mahfous   +5 more
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Abdominoplasty after bariatric surgery: experience in 315 cases [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2016
INTRODUCTION: The abdomen is a critical region and is subjected to body contour deformity after significant weight loss. Knowing the profile of patients who undergo abdominoplasty after bariatric surgery facilitates the choice of the optimal time and ...
Alfredo Donnabella, Lívia Neffa, Bárbara Brandão de Barros, Fernanda Parentoni Santos   +3 more
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Successful revision surgery for very late-onset stomal obstruction following Gomez gastroplasty: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2021
Background Gomez gastroplasty, which was developed in the 1970s as one of the gastric restrictive surgeries for severe obesity, partitions the stomach using a stapler from the lesser towards the greater curvature at the upper gastric body, leaving a ...
Yudai Hojo, Yasunori Kurahashi, Toshihiko Tomita, Tsutomu Kumamoto, Tatsuro Nakamura, Yoshinori Ishida, Hisashi Shinohara   +6 more
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Contrast between surgical treatment of obesity and postbariatric plastic surgeries [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2022
Introduction: Obesity is a disease of epidemic proportions associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Gastroplasty is searched for sustained weight loss with improved quality of life as an alternative treatment.
Juliana Correia de Matos, Alice Ribeiro Serra, Victor Araújo Felzemburgh   +2 more
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Bariatric Surgery in Women: A Boon Needs Special Care During Pregnancy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Obesity is one of the leading causes of health related disorder and has reached epidemic proportions not only in developed nations but also in developing countries like India.
Archana Kumari, Aruna Nigam
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Anchor lipoabdominoplasty [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019
Morbid obesity is characterized by the accumulation of adipose tissues distributed heterogeneously throughout the body, and gastroplasty is the latest method of surgical treatment.
Francisco Mendonça de Albuquerque, Patrícia Pimentel Pizarro, Osvaldo Ribeiro Saldanha, Sérgio Mitiake Shimizu, Irineu Rasera   +4 more
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