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Caution When Interpreting Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Outcomes from Surgery-Based Databases

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 169856, Singapore

    Carlos Paolo D. Francisco & Ravishankar Asokkumar

  2. Institute of Digestive and Liver Diseases, St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City, Manila, Philippines

    Carlos Paolo D. Francisco

  3. Angioskope Clinic, São José Dos Campos, Brazil

    Anna Carolina Hoff

  4. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Nonthalee Pausawasdi

  5. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

    Ravishankar Asokkumar

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Francisco, C.P.D., Hoff, A.C., Pausawasdi, N. et al. Caution When Interpreting Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Outcomes from Surgery-Based Databases. Dig Dis Sci 68, 3824–3825 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-023-07989-z

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