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- Title
Persistence of Sutures and Gastric Reduction After Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: Radiological and Endoscopic Assessment.
- Authors
Espinet-Coll, Eduard; Díaz-Galán, Patricia; Nebreda-Durán, Javier; Gómez-Valero, José A.; Vila-Lolo, Carmen; Bautista-Altamirano, Carmen; Bargalló-García, Ana; Galvao-Neto, Manoel; Muñoz-Navas, Miguel; Bargalló-Carulla, Domingo
- Abstract
Background: Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is an effective medium-term procedure for obesity treatment. There are no consistent studies confirming persistence of maintained gastric tubular configuration. We determined sleeve duration, gastric reduction degree, and suture persistence at 12-month follow-up. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective, single-center study, including patients with obesity undergoing ESG with at least 1-year follow-up, who underwent the following: (1) Barium X-ray study (BS) prior and at 6 months, assessing degree of gastric reduction (severe, moderate, or mild), and (2) gastroscopy at 12 months, accounting the number of persistent sutures (tense, lax, or absent). Secondary outcomes were weight loss data and procedure safety profile. Results: Thirty-eight patients (30 women), median age of 47.0 [40.0–51.0] years, and average baseline BMI of 37.6 [35.5–41.5] kg/m2 were included. Median %TWL of 17.1% [16.1–22.3%] with TWL > 10% in 94.7% of patients was obtained at 1 year. No major AEs were observed. Six months BS was performed on 30 patients: 12 (40.0%), 14 (46.7%), and 4 (13.3%) patients showed severe, moderate, and mild gastric reduction, respectively. Twelve months gastroscopy was performed on 22 patients with 83.64% of sutures persisting (92 of 110, mean 4.2 of 5.0 sutures/patient) and 70.9% with adequate tension. We found intact sutures in 12 patients (54.5%), and 10 patients (45.5%) had some suture detached (average 1.8, r = 1–3). There were no differences in %TWL according to BS reduction (p = 0.662) or number of persistent sutures (p = 0.678). Conclusions: ESG is an effective and safe weight loss strategy at 12-month follow-up with persistence of most sutures and maintenance of notable gastric reduction and remodeling.
- Subjects
SUTURES; SUTURING; GASTRIC bypass; ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility; SLEEVE gastrectomy
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 6, p1969
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-022-06039-3