Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	47178
Country	United States

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: From whence we came and where we are going
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura and Christopher C Thompson
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, Academic Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow, Surgeon, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 45 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, United States. dthmoura@hotmail.com
Key Words	Endoscopy; Surgery; Bariatric; Obesity; Overweight; Comorbidities; Gastroplasty; Sleeve; Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty; Editorial
Core Tip	Given the worsening obesity epidemic, there is increased demand for less invasive therapies. Considering the minimally invasive nature of Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), the reproducibility among centers, the favorable clinical outcomes in several studies, ESG could be regarded as safe and effective in light of ASGE/ASMBS thresholds of > 25% excess weight loss and ≤ 5% severe adverse events, although there are no comparative trials to support this. As this procedure is more widely adopted, high standards of care must be maintained to guarantee satisfactory clinical outcomes. In this editorial we discuss the origins of the ESG, current data, and future developments.
Citation	de Moura DTH, de Moura EGH, Thomspon CC. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: From whence we came and where we are going. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2019; 11(5): 322-328

Received	2019-03-11 09:20
Peer-Review Started	2019-03-12 01:19
To Make the First Decision	2019-04-15 01:29
Return for Revision	2019-04-16 09:04
Revised	2019-04-16 13:32
Second Decision	2019-04-18 08:49
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2019-04-19 01:44
Articles in Press	2019-04-19 01:44
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Typeset the Manuscript	2019-05-16 06:42

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