Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 4
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Bariatric and metabolic endoscopy in the handling of fatty liver disease. A new emerging approach?

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2019.5949/2018

Eduardo Espinet Coll, Carmen Vila Lolo, Patricia Díaz Galán, José Antonio Gómez Valero, Silvia Bacchiddu, Cristina Quintana Tomás, Daniel Irigoyen, Kattarina Gunnard, Antonio Juan-Creix Comamala,

Abstract
Background: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most frequent cause of chronic hepatopathy in our environment. However, the benefits of the bariatric endoscopy in this disease are barely documented. Objectives: to evaluate changes in NAFLD, via non-invasive methods in obese patients who underwent bariatric restrictive endoscopy. Weight, metabolic changes and the level of technical safety were also analyzed as secondary objectives. Methods: thirty patients with NAFLD and obesity (mean BMI 38.22 ± 6.55 kg/m2) underwent bariatric restrictive endoscopy; this included 15 one-year intragastric balloons and 15 sutured gastroplasties (ESG-Apollo®). A non-invasive prospective analysis was performed via analytical (hepatic function, insulin-resistance and hepatic steatosis/fibrosis scores) and ultrasonographic parameters. In addition, anthropometric features and the evolution of the main obesity-related comorbidities were evaluated. The follow-up period was one year in all cases. Results: thirty patients were included; 63% were female with a mean age of 46 ± 13.8 years. There was a decrease in FLI, HSI, NAFLD-Fibrosis Score, hepatic ultrasonographic steatosis, subcutaneous fat (p < 0.001), HOMA-IR, insulin and triglycerides (p < 0.05) after 12 months. An average EWL of 44.02% (16.34% TBWL) was obtained after one year, with EWL > 25% in 27/30 patients (TBWL > 10% in 25/30 patients) (p < 0.001). Obesity-related comorbidities were resolved in 17/30 (57%) of cases, 5/8 (62.5%) HTA, 5/12 (41.7%) DLP, 2/4 (50%) T2DM, 2/3 (66.7%) SOAS and 3/3 (100%) arthropathy. An improvement in HbA1c in the ESG-Apollo group (p = 0.017) was the only difference. One migrated and spontaneously expelled balloon was the only technical incidence. Conclusions: bariatric endoscopy could be proposed during short-term follow-up as an effective and safe alternative in patients with obesity and NAFLD. It stimulates weight loss and improves analytical and ultrasound parameters from hepatic fat, insulin-resistance and hypertriglyceridemia. It also improves associated major comorbidities.
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Espinet Coll E, Vila Lolo C, Díaz Galán P, Gómez Valero J, Bacchiddu S, Quintana Tomás C, et all. Bariatric and metabolic endoscopy in the handling of fatty liver disease. A new emerging approach?. 5949/2018


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Received: 30/09/2018

Accepted: 29/12/2018

Online First: 21/03/2019

Published: 04/04/2019

Article revision time: 82 days

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