ASMBS and ASGE issue white paper on endoscopic bariatric therapies (EBTs)

(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) have issued a new white paper on the potential role of endoscopic bariatric therapies (EBTs) in treating obesity and obesity-related diseases like Type 2 diabetes. The white paper entitled, “A Pathway to Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies,” appears online in both GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD). (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)