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Current endoscopic techniques in the treatment of obesity.
BACKGROUND in recent years new endoscopic strategies and techniques for the treatment of obesity have emerged and developed. AIM OF THE STUDY in this article we will review and analyze the current state of the following techniques and the basic differential characteristics between each of them: balloons and prosthesis, injection of substances, systems of sutures, malabsorptives techniques and...
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Few effective therapeutic tools are currently available to fight the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated comorbidities. Bariatric surgery is the only treatment with proven long-term effectiveness, but is associated to a high surgical risk and significant economic costs because of its technical complexity and the characteristics of patients. This is leading to development of new ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/2011/174163