What is an Endoscopic Sleeve, or EndoSleeve?
This is an interventional endoscopy technique which consists in reducing the volume of the stomach by placing stitches using a suture system located at the end of an endoscope.
Which patients are eligible for this technique?
- Patients who are overweight or obese
- Patients with morbid obesity who are resistant to or have a contraindication for surgery
- Super-obese patients awaiting obesity surgery
- Patients for whom obesity surgery has failed (sleeve or bypass).
What are its advantages?
- Technique performed via the mouth using an endoscope
- No external incision
- Plication of stomach, no incision
- Discretion of the procedure
Important information
The success of this technique depends on you and your compliance with a strict medical program.
Pre- and post-operative supervision by health professionals is essential (dietitian, cardiologist, psychiatrist, pulmonologist, sleep specialist, sports coach).
Your dedication combined with the quality of the endosleeve will condition the future results of your weight loss.
” The intervention will be what you make of it”