{
    "abstract": "The AspireAssist System\u00ae (Aspire Bariatrics, Inc. King of Prussia, PA) is a new endoscopic procedure used to treat obese patients. The aim of this dedicated video is to present a case that required revision surgery due to failure of the AspireAssist System\u00ae, and to show how the cannula was removed from the abdomen, and why sleeve gastrectomy (SG) was a good option for revisional surgery in that patient. We aim to discuss technical aspects.\nA 43-year-old female patient who underwent a placement in 2016. Her initial BMI (body mass index) was 38\u00a0kg/m\nIn case of having the device in place, the surgeon must be aware to remove intraoperatively or endoscopically, the device. Surgeons should consider endoscopic removal of the AspireAssist System\u00ae before conversion to another procedure (SG or GBP) at least 6\u00a0months of the removal. Removal of the AspireAssist System\u00ae should be performed endoscopically but direct conversion to another bariatric procedure can be considered, either to SG or GBP depending on the technical intraoperative aspects.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "QUIROBES, Integral Obesity Care, Centro M\u00e9dico Teknon, C. Marquesa de Vilallonga, 12, 08017, Barcelona, Spain. vilallongapuy@hotmail.com.\nEndocrine, Metabolic and Bariatric Unit, General Surgery Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Center of Excellence for the EAC-BC, Barcelona, Spain. vilallongapuy@hotmail.com.",
            "firstname": "Ramon",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Vilallonga"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Camlica Hospital, Istanbul Medipol University, 34767, Istanbul, Turkey.",
            "firstname": "Refik",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Bademci"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, Division of General Surgery, Hospital de Base of Porto Velho, Federal University of Rond\u00f4nia - Unir, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.",
            "firstname": "Renato",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Roriz-Silva"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "General Surgery Department, Consorci Sanitari de l'Anoia, Barcelona, Spain.",
            "firstname": "Sergi",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Sanchez-Cordero"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "General Surgery Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic (Consorci Hospitalari de Vic), Vic, Spain.",
            "firstname": "Yuhamy",
            "initials": "Y",
            "lastname": "Curbelo"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "QUIROBES, Integral Obesity Care, Centro M\u00e9dico Teknon, C. Marquesa de Vilallonga, 12, 08017, Barcelona, Spain.",
            "firstname": "Ariel",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Almanza"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": "In case of having the device in place, the surgeon must be aware to remove intraoperatively or endoscopically, the device. Surgeons should consider endoscopic removal of the AspireAssist System\u00ae before conversion to another procedure (SG or GBP) at least 6\u00a0months of the removal. Removal of the AspireAssist System\u00ae should be performed endoscopically but direct conversion to another bariatric procedure can be considered, either to SG or GBP depending on the technical intraoperative aspects.",
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": "10.1007/s11695-019-03993-3",
    "journal": "Obesity surgery",
    "keywords": [
        "AspireAssist System\u00ae",
        "Conversion",
        "Failure",
        "Laparoscopic revisional surgery",
        "Sleeve gastrectomy",
        "Weight regain"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2019-06-12",
    "pubmed_id": "31183784\n28292406\n29388050\n27922026\n25701201\n28740414\n28035287",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Conversion of AspireAssist System\u00ae to Sleeve Gastrectomy: Technical Video Description.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788503c67920>"
}