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Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty as a Therapeutic Chance for Obese Patients not Eligible for Organ Transplantation

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  1. Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli, 8 00168, Rome, Italy

    Maria Valeria Matteo, Vincenzo Bove, Valerio Pontecorvi, Martina De Siena, Guido Costamagna & Ivo Boškoski

  2. Centre for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training (CERTT), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Maria Valeria Matteo, Vincenzo Bove, Valerio Pontecorvi, Martina De Siena, Guido Costamagna & Ivo Boškoski

  3. Hepatology and Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, 00149, Rome, Italy

    Chiara Taibi

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G.C. is consultant for Cook Medical, Boston Scientific and Olympus. I.B. is consultant for Apollo Endosurgery, Nitinotes, Endo Tools and Cook Medical and is research grant holder from Apollo Endosurgery. All the other authors have nothing to disclose.

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Matteo, M.V., Bove, V., Pontecorvi, V. et al. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty as a Therapeutic Chance for Obese Patients not Eligible for Organ Transplantation. OBES SURG 32, 2460–2462 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06008-w

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