Long Term Follow-up of Endoscopic Gastroenteric Anastomoses with Magnets (EGAM)

Endoscopic palliation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

“…Villaverde et al [30] presented, in abstract form, long-term follow-up data in patients who underwent endoscopic creation of gastroenteric anastomoses using magnets. The technique is called endoscopic gastroenteric anastomosis with magnets (EGAM).…”

Smart Self-Assembling MagnetS for ENdoscopy (SAMSEN) for transoral endoscopic creation of immediate gastrojejunostomy (with video)

“…Borrowing from the surgical paradigm, suturing and stapling strategies have been applied to attempts at transoral gastrojejunostomy creation, but these strategies either have not progressed beyond animal studies 5,6 or have required significant laparoscopic assistance. 7,8 A third strategy based on compression anastomosis has been proven multiple times in the porcine model, [9][10][11] and magnetic compression in particular has also been used in a human trial as a minimally invasive treatment of malignant gastric outlet obstruction. 12 However, compression anastomoses have historically had 2 major disadvantages: (1) they require days to form 13 and (2) transoral delivery of the device has restricted anastomotic size (in the literature, maximum diameter is 1.4 cm), which in turn has limited long-term patency.…”