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What is an endoscopic gastric sleeve gastroplasty?
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is a relatively new form of minimally invasive weight-loss surgery. A suturing device is introduced into your neck and down to your stomach during endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty. Sutures are then placed in your stomach by the endoscopist to make it smaller. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed tells us about endoscopic gastric sleeve gastroplasty.
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An endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, also known as an ESG, is a procedure that is performed under anesthesia where the operator will put a camera or endoscope through the mouth into the stomach and then use a specialized suturing device to suture the stomach from within itself. And this creates a narrowing in the lumen of the stomach and thereby reduces the capacity of volume of the stomach which we think in turn leads to reduced intake of food and hence weight loss.
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