Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 203-205 , 4 March 2010

Transoral endoscopic restrictive implant system: a new endoscopic technique for the treatment of obesity

Presented as a video at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Dallas, Texas, June 21–26, 2009

Received 1 August 2009 ,Revised 9 August 2009 ,Accepted 13 August 2009.

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 Supported by a research grant from Barosense Inc., Redwood City, California.

PII: S1550-7289(09)00615-7

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.08.006

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 203-205 , 4 March 2010