Early Experience with the Incisionless Operating Platform™ (IOP) for the Treatment of ObesityThe Primary Obesity Surgery Endolumenal (POSE) Procedure

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[2] Kashyap SR(2012)Bariatric surgery versus conventional medical therapy for type 2 diabetes N Engl J Med 366 1577-85

[3] Wolski K(2011)Medical and surgical treatment of obesity Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 25 11-25

[4] Mingrone G(2007)Ten-year trends in health related quality of life after surgical and conventional treatment for severe obesity: the SOS intervention study Int J Obes 31 1248-61

[5] Panunzi S(2007)Changes in body composition with weight loss: obese subjects randomized to surgical and medical programs Obesity (Silver Spring, MD) 15 1187-98

[6] De Gaetano A(2004)Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 292 1724-37

[7] Kissane NA(2006)Result of a national audit of bariatric surgery performed at academic centers: a 2004 University Health System Consortium Benchmarking Project Arch Surg 141 445-9

[8] Pratt JS(1991)Socioeconomic disparities in eligibility and access to bariatric surgery: a national population-based analysis NIH Consensus Statement 9 1-20

[9] Karlsson J(2010)ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: 2005 Surg Obes Relat Dis 6 8-15

[10] Taft C(2006)Development of a new access device for transgastric surgery Surg Endosc 20 329-33

[1] Schauer PR(2012)Bariatric surgery versus intensive medical therapy in obese patients with diabetes N Engl J Med 366 1567-76

[2] Kashyap SR(2012)Bariatric surgery versus conventional medical therapy for type 2 diabetes N Engl J Med 366 1577-85

[3] Wolski K(2011)Medical and surgical treatment of obesity Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 25 11-25

[4] Mingrone G(2007)Ten-year trends in health related quality of life after surgical and conventional treatment for severe obesity: the SOS intervention study Int J Obes 31 1248-61

[5] Panunzi S(2007)Changes in body composition with weight loss: obese subjects randomized to surgical and medical programs Obesity (Silver Spring, MD) 15 1187-98

[6] De Gaetano A(2004)Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 292 1724-37

[7] Kissane NA(2006)Result of a national audit of bariatric surgery performed at academic centers: a 2004 University Health System Consortium Benchmarking Project Arch Surg 141 445-9

[8] Pratt JS(1991)Socioeconomic disparities in eligibility and access to bariatric surgery: a national population-based analysis NIH Consensus Statement 9 1-20

[9] Karlsson J(2010)ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: 2005 Surg Obes Relat Dis 6 8-15

[10] Taft C(2006)Development of a new access device for transgastric surgery Surg Endosc 20 329-33