Interventional Endoscopy News

The FDA granted breakthrough device designation for an endoscopic procedure that resurfaces the duodenum lining to allow for weight maintenance after discontinuation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to an industry press release.

Patients with severe obesity undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for weight loss demonstrated greater reductions in blood lipids at 6 weeks vs. those on a very low-energy diet, according to study results in JAMA Surgery.

As part of its ongoing campaign against UnitedHealthcare and the insurer’s plans to implement the Gold Card program for gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures, AGA encourages all supporters to use the hashtag #StopUHC on social media.

At 15 years of follow-up, metabolic surgery “was not only safe” but also significantly reduced major adverse liver outcomes and decompensation in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis and compensated cirrhosis.

Adults with diabetes who used a GLP-1 receptor agonist and underwent surgery requiring general anesthesia had similar odds for postsurgical complications as those receiving other oral diabetes medications, according to study data.

WASHINGTON — Bariatric surgery was associated with improved clinical outcomes and more cost-effective health care resource utilization among patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, according to data.

WASHINGTON — The Primary Obesity Surgery Endoluminal 2.0 procedure is a “safe, effective and durable option” for weight loss and improvement in obesity-related conditions, according to a presenter.

Most patients undergoing colonoscopy after diverticulitis had low risk for colorectal cancer, except those with complicated diverticulitis, whose risk was nearly four times greater than the screening population, according to research.

Endoscopic ablation of the gastric fundus reduced ghrelin, the primary hunger hormone, and resulted in significant weight loss among a small cohort of female patients with obesity, according to research.

Endoscopists are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollutants when performing smoke-producing gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures — “comparable to smoking a cigarette” during a single procedure, according to researchers.