The Primary Obesity Surgery Endolumenal (POSE) procedure: one-year patient weight loss and safety outcomes.

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 adoption of these procedures. Endoscopic procedures may offer less risk, lower cost, and satisfactory results, but limited safety and outcome data is available.

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for the treatment of obesity.

Background And Study Aims: Emerging endoscopic techniques are minimally invasive and can mimic the anatomic alterations achieved by surgical sleeve gastrectomy. The objective of this study was to evaluate endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective, single-center study of 20 patients who underwent flexible endoscopic suturing for endoluminal gastric volume reduction.