Endobarrier For Weight Loss

"This is again performed endoscopically with a device that goes down the esophagus into the stomach where the device is deployed. The theory is food goes on the inside of this endobarrier. The digestive enzymes are on the outside of the endobarrier and the food and digestive enzymes don't mix until two feet further down stream in the smaller bowel.”

While it is similar to the gastric bypass, it’s not a replacement for those who need the surgery just yet.

"For now, it's not instead of, it's prior too gastric bypass. Whether or not this becomes a procedure instead of gastric bypass remains to be seen," said Gersin.

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Ok, so let me get this straight. So we put this baggie inside the stomach, and it goes into the small intestine a ways. This keeps the food from getting digested. And no one thinks that this thing is going to move and cause an obstruction? Not for nothing, but this is making "Fat March" look like a better idea...

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