Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty using the novel Endomina device for morbidly obese patients.

Endoscopy

Department for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Diabetology und Endocrinology, Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH, Leipzig, Germany.

Published: November 2018

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