Periop Leader Week
March 1, 2009

New no-incision weight-loss surgery

By: OR Manager
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Millions of Americans struggling with severe obesity may in the future have an incision-free option for weight loss. Surgeons are evaluating a procedure called TOGA—for transoral gastroplasty—as part of a multicenter clinical study.

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