Siriraj Medical Journal (Mar 2021)

Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in the Armamentarium of Bariatric Treatment in Thailand: A TAGE-TSMBS Joint Addendum Statement to TSMBS Consensus Guideline

  • Pradermchai Kongkam ,
  • Parit Mekaroonkamol,
  • Assoc. Prof. Nonthalee Pausawasdi,
  • Thawee Ratanachu-ek,
  • Prof. Rungsun Rerknimitr,
  • Voraboot Taweerutchana,
  • Ajjana Techagumpuch,
  • Assoc. Prof. Suthep Udomsawaengsup,
  • Panot Yimcharoen,
  • Sutdhachit Linananda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33192/Smj.2021.38
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 5

Abstract

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The Thai bariatric surgery Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (TSMBS) has recently published a consensus guideline for the treatment of obesity, which has become an emerging health crisis in Thailand. As endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) lately became available in the country, the TSMBS and the Thai Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (TAGE) then agreed to propose this addendum statement that aims to standardize the patient selection protocol, physician credentialing, and procedural data monitoring in order to safely and effectively incorporate ESG into the armamentarium of bariatric treatment of Thailand.

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