Weight-Loss Procedure Makes Stomach into 'Accordion' Without Surgery
By Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer | May 6, 2017 01:40pm ET
CHICAGO — A new, nonsurgical weight-loss procedure — which involves inserting a tube down a patient's throat and suturing the stomach — is safe and effective, a new study finds.
During the procedure, which is called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, doctors insert a long tube down a patient's esophagus to the stomach. Then, they sew "pleats" into the stomach, which makes it resemble an accordion.
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