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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2022; 14(2): 185-199
Published online Feb 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i2.185
Status of bariatric endoscopy–what does the surgeon need to know? A review
Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Anna Carolina Batista Dantas, Igor Braga Ribeiro, Thomas R McCarty, Flávio Roberto Takeda, Marco Aurelio Santo, Sergio Carlos Nahas, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura
Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Igor Braga Ribeiro, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura, Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Serviço de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal do Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo 05403-010, Brazil
Anna Carolina Batista Dantas, Flávio Roberto Takeda, Marco Aurelio Santo, Sergio Carlos Nahas, Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Unidade de Cirurgia Bariátrica e Metabólica, Disciplina de Cirurgia do Aparelho Digestivo e Coloproctologia, Sao Paulo 05403-010, Brazil
Thomas R McCarty, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 021115, United States
Author contributions: All authors performed the conception and design of the work; de Moura DTH, Dantas ACB and Ribeiro IB drafted the manuscript; all authors contributed to the critical review of the manuscript for important intellectual contents; McCarty TR, Santo MA, Nahas SC, and de Moura EGH contributed to the manuscript supervision; all authors contributed to the approval of the version to be published, have participated in conceptualizing the research or content of the manuscript, in writing or critically editing the manuscript, and/or in analysis of data presented in the manuscript; Consent to submit has been received from all co-authors.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Dr. Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura reports personal fees from Boston Scientific, personal fees from Olympus, outside the submitted work; Dr. Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura reports personal fees from Bariatek, outside the submitted work; The others authors reported no potential conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Igor Braga Ribeiro, MD, Doctor, Research Assistant, Research Scientist, Surgeon, Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Serviço de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal do Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Av. Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 225, 6o andar, bloco 3, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao Paulo 05403-010, Brazil. igorbraga1@gmail.com
Received: July 29, 2021
Peer-review started: July 29, 2021
First decision: October 3, 2021
Revised: October 14, 2021
Accepted: February 12, 2022
Article in press: February 12, 2022
Published online: February 27, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Obesity is a chronic and recurrent disease with multiple treatment options available. Currently, there are several multidisciplinary therapeutic options for its management, including conservative, endoscopic, and surgical treatment. This study aims to clarify indications, technical aspects, and results of bariatric endoscopy based upon a detailed literature review and individual authors’ experience.