ASGE Annual Postgraduate Course: Clinical Challenges and Real-Time Decision Making in GI Endoscopy (On-demand) | May 2023-Session 8 - Video Based Lecture 1 - Challenges Encountered with Balloons and ESG

Session 8 - Video Based Lecture 1 - Challenges Encountered with Balloons and ESG

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Video Summary

In this video, Dr. Aboudaya discusses the challenges and benefits of endoscopic interventions for obesity. He explains that the prevalence of obesity is increasing and current interventions are not reaching the majority of patients. He highlights the value of endoscopy, which offers organ sparing and is minimally disruptive to the patient's lifestyle. Dr. Aboudaya demonstrates the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedure and addresses challenges such as submucosal hematomas and fundus management. He also briefly discusses complications and management of intergastric balloons. The video concludes with Dr. Thompson discussing post-bariatric surgical complications. No credits were mentioned in the video.

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Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, MD, FASGE

Keywords

endoscopic interventions

obesity

organ sparing

minimally disruptive

endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty