An endoscopic weight loss procedure is a non-surgical approach that uses an endoscope for your weight loss treatment, instead of the incisions (cuts) that are used in traditional surgery. An endoscope is a thin, flexible tube that helps a doctor view your digestive system. Endoscopic procedures are considered very safe and less risky than surgery.
There are many endoscopic weight loss procedures that are being offered nationwide. Here we hand selected 2 procedures that have shown to being the most effective while being very safe for our patients:
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty or ESG (for patient who have never undergone a weight loss surgery before):
While you are sedated, your doctor puts an endoscope through your mouth and into your stomach. The endoscope has a suturing device attached to it. The suturing device is used to suture small accordion-like folds into the stomach to make it smaller and decrease its length. When these folds are stitched into your stomach tissue, there’s less room in your stomach to hold food. With a smaller stomach, you feel full faster and tend to eat less as a result. It is an outpatient procedure and patients are usually discharged home on the same day.
Transoral Outlet redution or TORe (for patient who have had a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass before but failed to maintain their weight):
While you are sedated, your doctor puts an endoscope through your mouth and into your stomach pouch. The endoscope has a suturing device attached to it. The suturing device is used to revise the gastric bypass surgery in such a way to feel full faster and tend to eat less as a result. It is an outpatient procedure and patients are usually discharged home on the same day.
