Future role for endoluminal procedures in “high-risk” bariatric patients

This article reviews intragastric space-occupying devices, endoluminal gastric volume reduction procedures, gastric content aspiration therapy and endoluminal duodenal exclusion as possible choices to “bridge” the high-risk patient to bariatric surgery and as a possible alternative to bariatric surgery.
Source: Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research