Lim CH, Lee ZJ, Lye T, Ravishankar A, Yeung B, Ong HS, Tan J. Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: a Feasibility Study Using Human Cadavers.
Obes Surg 2022;
32:3787-3795. [PMID:
36136170 DOI:
10.1007/s11695-022-06273-9]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Endoscopic bariatric therapies (EBT) has emerged as an effective treatment in the management of the patient with obesity. Unfortunately, most procedures involve only the restriction of gastric volume without altering the underlying metabolism. The objective of this study was to investigate the practicability and limitations of the metabolic altering procedures: "One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB)" with "natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)" on human cadavers.
METHODS
We performed OAGB with NOTES approach in 3 human cadavers. The steps of the procedure can be divided as follows: step 1, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG); step 2, trans-gastric access to peritoneal cavity; step 3, identification of suitable loop of jejunum; step 4, introduction of the jejunal loop into the stomach; step 5, creation of the gastro-jejunostomy with lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS); step 6, gastric pylorus occlusion with overstitch.
RESULTS
We performed OAGB with NOTES in 3 human cadavers with bypassed bilio-pancreatic limb of 55, 75, and 105 cm from the pylorus. The average weight for the cadavers was 64.9 kg (61.2-71.7 kg). The mean procedure time was 157 min. The optimal bypassed length for the procedure was 105 cm.
CONCLUSIONS
This study has provided proof-of-principle in a pre-clinical cadaveric model that NOTES approach can be used to perform OAGB and, therefore, merits additional evaluation and consideration in surviving porcine model.
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