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Background: Current surgical methods for partial gastric full-thickness resections (FTRs) are limited by long operative times and risk of gastric content spillage, especially for lesions located at the posterior wall. We propose a simplified hybrid approach to FTR with reduced risk of spillage.

Methods: Resection margins were marked by endoscopic electrocautery to simulate a gastric lesion in the upper third of the posterior wall in eight pigs.

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Updates on gastric electrical stimulation to treat obesity: Systematic review and future perspectives.

World J Gastrointest Endosc

September 2014

Ryan Cha, Jacques Marescaux, Michele Diana, IHU-Strasbourg, Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Surgical Institute, University of Strasbourg, 67091 Strasbourg, France.

Aim: To evaluate the current state-of-the-art of gastric electrical stimulation to treat obesity.

Methods: Systematic reviews of all studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect of different types of gastric electrical stimulation (GES) on obesity.

Results: Thirty-one studies consisting of a total of 33 different trials were included in the systematic review for data analysis.

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