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Incisionless Bariatric Procedure at Central Baptist



Bariatric surgeons at Central Baptist Hospital made U.S. medical history Feb. 16 by performing a groundbreaking bariatric procedure to decrease the capacity of a patient’s stomach without making a single incision into her body. This was the first incisionless procedure of its kind performed in the United States.

To perform POSE, the surgeon used a set of endoscopic surgery tools known as the EndoSurgical Operating System™ (EOS), manufactured by USGI Medical, and a flexible endoscope to visualize the stomach. He inserted the scope and the EOS through the mouth and then used EOS tools to grasp the stomach tissue and deploy suture anchors to create multiple tissue folds in the stomach wall to reduce its capacity.

The patient learned of the groundbreaking procedure as a patient of the Central Baptist Weight Loss Center. The center offers a comprehensive approach to weight loss, including the latest in minimally invasive and now incisionless bariatric surgery.

Central Baptist was chosen as one of a few select sites in the country to perform the innovative POSE procedure.