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Non-surgical stomach-shrinking procedure seems to work long-term

May 13, 2019 by Mitchell S. Roslin

Could people struggling with obesity make headway in their efforts to shed pounds without having to go undergo surgery?

New preliminary research suggests it's possible: A non-surgical procedure may help moderately obese people lose weight -- and keep it off.

Unlike standard weight-loss surgery, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty requires no incision and no hospital stay. Instead, doctors thread a scope down the throat and into the stomach, then use a suturing device attached to the scope to cinch the stomach in -- ultimately shrinking it to a banana-size pouch.

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