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20 Emerging Technologies Bariatric Times • September 2008 FIGURE 6. VBLOC Maestro generator and lead placement. (Courtesy of Enteromedics) FIGURE 7. The actual device now being used in the EMPOWER study. The round generator is implanted with the leads. The black “battery” is worn on a belt to power the device. (Courtesy of Enteromedics) FIGURE 9. Four operating lumens range in size from 4 to 7mm in diameter. FIGURE 8. USGI’s Transport™ device is a multi-lumen endoscopic access device that facilitates gastric access. FIGURE 10. Ehticon EndoSurgery’s Endoscopic Suturing System. FIGURE 11. Allergan Intragastric Balloon (formerly known as the BIB). 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Rodriguez-Grunert L, Neto MPG, et al. First human experience with endoscopically delivered and retrieved duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve. SOARD. 2008;4:55;59. Cigaina VV, Saggioro A, Rigo VV, et al. Longterm effects of gastric pacing to reduce feed intake in swine. Obes Surg. 1996;6:250–253. Xing JH, Brody F, Brodsky J, et al. Gastric electrical stimulation at proximal stomach induces gastric relaxation in dogs. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2003;15:15–23. Cigaina V. Gastric pacing as therapy for morbid obesity: Preliminary results. Obes Surg. 2002;12:12S–16S. Miller K, Hoeller E, Aigner F. The Implantable Gastric Stimulator for Obesity: An update of the European Experience in the LOSS (Laparoscopic Obesity Stimulation Survey) Study. Treat Endocrinol. 2006;5:53–58. Shikora SA. “What are the Yanks doing?” The U.S. experience with implantable gastric stimula- 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. tion (IGS) for the treatment of obesity–Update on the ongoing clinical trials. Obes Surg. 2004;14 Suppl 1:S40–48. Shikora SA, Bergenstal R, Bessler M, et al. Implantable gastric stimulation for the treatment of clinically severe obesity: Results of the SHAPE Trial. (Submitted for publication–SOARD). Bohdjalian A, Prager G, Aviv R, et al. One-year experience with Tantalus: A new surgical approach to treat morbid obesity. Obes Surg. 2006;16:627–634. Camilleri M, Toouli J, Herrera MF, et al. Intraabdominal vagal blocking (VBLOC therapy): Clinical results with a new implantable medical device. Surgery. 2008;143:723–731. Friedman MN, Sancetta AJ, MaGovern GJ. The amelioration of diabetes mellitus following subtotal gastrectomy. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1955,100:201–204. Pories WJ, Swanson MS, MacDonald KG, et al. 20. 21. 22. Who would have thought it? An operation proves to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus. Ann Surg. 1995;222:339–352. Rubino F, Forgione A, Cummings DE, et al. The mechanism of diabetes control after gastrointestinal bypass surgery reveals a role of the proximal small intestine in pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Ann Surg. 2006;244:741–749. Cohen RV, Schiavon CA, Pinheiro JS, et al. Duodenal-jejunal bypass for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in patients with body mass index 22–34kg/m2: a report of two cases. SOARD. 2007,3:195–197. de Paula AL, Macedo ALV, Prudente AS, et al. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with ileal interposition (“neuroendocrine brake”)-pilot study of a new operation. SOARD. 2006;2:464–467. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, Box 900, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111; Phone: (617) 6366093; Fax: (617) 636-9095; E-mail: Sshikora@tuftsmedicalcenter.org. Conceivably, the concept of operating without the need to make incisions would be very attractive for patients in that there would be LESS OR NO POSTOPERATIVE PAIN, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WOULD BE NO SCARS.

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