Endoscopic revision for weight regain after open vertical-banded gastroplasty

Salvatore F Vadalà di Prampero; Milutin Bulajic; Piero Giustacchini; Gabriella Manzoni; Guido Costamagna

doi:10.1016/j.vgie.2021.05.017

Endoscopic revision for weight regain after open vertical-banded gastroplasty

VideoGIE. 2021 Jul 8;6(9):404-406. doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2021.05.017. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Salvatore F Vadalà di Prampero¹, Milutin Bulajic¹, Piero Giustacchini^{2

3}, Gabriella Manzoni⁴, Guido Costamagna⁵

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Unit, Mater Olbia Hospital, Qatar Foundation Endowment & Gemelli Foundation, Olbia, Italy.
² Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery Unit, Mater Olbia Hospital, Qatar Foundation Endowment & Gemelli Foundation, Olbia, Italy.
³ Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Mater Olbia Hospital, Qatar Foundation Endowment & Gemelli Foundation, Olbia, Italy.
⁵ Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Video 1Technical feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a novel endoscopic approach to treating weight regain after open vertical-banded gastroplasty using an endoscopic suturing device.

Keywords: OVBG, open vertical-banded gastroplasty; RYGB, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; VBG, vertical-banded gastroplasty.