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Endoscopic obesity therapy what role does it play alongside GLP-1?
GLP-1 medications have changed the treatment of obesity. In the ENDO Podcast, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte Wichmann explains the place endoscopic procedures have today – and what comes next.
Medically reviewed byPriv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte WichmannSpecialist in visceral surgery & expert in endobariatricsLast updated:
What remains alongside the new medications?
Obesity treatment has changed markedly in recent years. GLP-1 medications offer an effective drug-based option – but what role do endoscopic procedures still play today?
Mechanical rather than hormonal
Endoscopic procedures at a glance
Whereas GLP-1 therapy works hormonally, endoscopic procedures act mechanically – over periods of different lengths:
- Short term: the gastric balloonA gastric balloon can make a weight loss of 10–15% possible over a limited period – a good first step for anyone who wants to get started. Results vary from person to person.
- Long term: the endo sleeveEndoscopic stomach reduction with the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® permanently reduces the stomach volume by up to 75% – without a surgical procedure and without external scars.
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The future of endoscopic therapy
What comes next? Which new procedures are in the pipeline? And how can established methods be combined sensibly? The answers come from Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte Wichmann in episode 103 of the ENDO Podcast “Good Morning Endoscopy”: “Established and new procedures in endoscopic obesity therapy”. In the podcast, you will learn:
- what role endoscopic procedures play alongside drug therapy
- which procedures help in the short term and which in the long term
- which new endoscopic therapies are coming soon
You can listen to the episode directly in our media library. Source: endoscopy-campus.com
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The topics discussed in the podcast have been carefully researched. Medically, however, they make no claim to completeness, up-to-dateness, accuracy or balance. They replace neither guidelines and other sources of evidence-based knowledge nor diagnoses, consultations or treatment by doctors. The treating doctors remain responsible for all diagnostics, therapy, medication and dosage.
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