Commentary to "Efficacy of Endoscopic Interventions for the management of obesity: A meta-analysis to compare Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty, AspireAssist and Primary Obesity Surgery Endolumenal"

Zvi H Perry^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Surgical Ward A, Soroka University Medical Center and The Public health department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel. zperry@bgu.ac.il.
² Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, Surgical division, McGill University Hospitals, 3575 Parc avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada. zperry@bgu.ac.il.

Comment

Zvi H Perry. Obes Surg. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;29(7):2299-2300.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-019-03866-9.

Zvi H Perry^{1

2}

¹ Surgical Ward A, Soroka University Medical Center and The Public health department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel. zperry@bgu.ac.il.
² Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, Surgical division, McGill University Hospitals, 3575 Parc avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada. zperry@bgu.ac.il.

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Comment on

Efficacy of Endoscopic Interventions for the Management of Obesity: a Meta-analysis to Compare Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty, AspireAssist, and Primary Obesity Surgery Endolumenal.
Khan Z, Khan MA, Hajifathalian K, Shah S, Abdul M, Saumoy M, Aronne L, Lee W, Sharaiha RZ. Khan Z, et al. Obes Surg. 2019 Jul;29(7):2287-2298. doi: 10.1007/s11695-019-03865-w. Obes Surg. 2019. PMID: 30982170

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