title: Selected Endoscopic Gastric Devices for Obesity.
abstract: This article focuses on the stomach target devices that are currently in various stages of development. Approved intragastric balloons, devices targeting small bowel and aspiration techniques, are described in other contributions to this issue. Bariatric endoscopic devices targeting the stomach directly alter gastric physiology and promote weight loss by potentially changing functional gastric volume, gastric emptying, gastric wall compliance, neurohormonal signaling, and, thereby, satiety. Many stomach-targeting devices are on the horizon for clinical use, and further study will determine the safety and efficacy for clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Electronic address: kartik.sampath@hitchcock.org.
authors.forename: Kartik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sampath
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Rothstein
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Bariatric endoscopy; Devices; Obesity; Stomach; Therapeutic endoscopy