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Analgesia After Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a new mini-invasive technique proposed to treat obesity (1-5). According to the endoscopic procedure compared to videolaparoscopy, this technique is supposed less painful and provide a reduction in postoperative complications (6-7). There are rare informations about the influence of ESG on postoperative painful (8). In this observational pilot study, the investigators prospectively assessed the postoperative analgesia concerns for this recent technique. The authors evaluated the pain relief, including morphine consumption, pain and satisfaction scores and morbidity following a new endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty scheduled on the first 100 consecutive patients