CNN – Reports Obesity Surgery without Scars
CNN – Reports of a new procedure called Transoral Gastroplasty or TOGA. This experimental new minimally invasive surgery is incision free and performed entirely through the mouth. It involves inserting a tube like apparatus through the mouth down the esophagus that staples the stomach to form a thumb-sized tube that holds only a small amount of food.
What makes the TOGA procedure so unique is that no incisions are required to perform this surgery. Transoral gastroplasty is part of a new generation of surgery that uses natural orifices, like the mouth, anus or vagina to perform surgery instead of cutting through the skin.
This video by Satiety Inc. shows how the procedure will work.
Over the past 3 years more than 100 people in Europe and Mexico have had the TOGA procedure performed with an average weight loss of 40 percent of their excess body fat after one year post operative.
The TOGA system for transoral gastroplasty is being developed by Satiety, Inc, a medical device company based in Palo Alto, California. The company is now conducting clinical trials and is hoping for FDA approval in the near future.
