Weight loss and metabolic improvement in morbidly obese subjects implanted for 1 year with an endoscopic duodenal-jejunal bypass liner

• Published in: Annals of surgery Vol. 255; no. 6; p. 1080
• Main Authors: Escalona, Alex, Pimentel, Fernando, Sharp, Allan, Becerra, Pablo, Slako, Milenko, Turiel, Dannae, Muñoz, Rodrigo, Bambs, Claudia, Guzmán, Sergio, Ibáñez, Luis, Gersin, Keith
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Bariatric Surgery - instrumentation; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - surgery; Duodenum - surgery; Female; Heart Diseases - physiopathology; Heart Diseases - surgery; Humans; Jejunum - surgery; Male; Metabolic Diseases - physiopathology; Metabolic Diseases - surgery; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid - metabolism; Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Prospective Studies; Prostheses and Implants; Prosthesis Implantation; Weight Loss

To evaluate safety, weight loss, and cardiometabolic changes in obese subjects implanted with the duodenal-jejunal bypass liner (DJBL) for 1 year. The DJBL is an endoscopic implant that mimics the duodenal-jejunal bypass component of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Previous reports have shown signific...