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Article History

Received: 11 February 2025

Accepted: 21 April 2025

First Online: 5 May 2025

Declarations

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: Dr. Omar M. Ghanem is a consultant for Intuitive and Medtronic and a speaker for Olympus. Dr. Barham K. Abu Dayyeh has received consulting fees from Endogenex, Endo-TAGSS, Metamodix, and BEWK; consulting fees and grant/research support from USGI, Cairn Diagnostics, Aspire Bariatrics, Boston Scientific; speaker honorarium from Olympus, Johnson and Johnson; speaker honorarium and grant/research support from Medtronic and Endogastric Solutions; research support from Medtronic and Endogastric Solutions; and research/grant support from Apollo Electrosurgery and Spatz Medical. Dr. Andrew C. Storm receives research funding from Apollo Endosurgery, Boston Scientific, Endogenex, Endo-TAGSS, Enterasense, EnVision, MGI Medical, OnePass, and SofTac and is a consultant for Ambu, Boston Scientific, Intuitive, Medtronic, and Olympus. All other authors (Dr. Sample, Dr. Jawhar, Dr. Bocchinfuso, Dr. Abedalqader, Mr. Bettancourt, Dr. Laplante, Dr. Vargas, Dr. Storm, and Dr. Kendrick) have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. These disclosures have no effect on the results of this study.

: This study was conducted in strict adherence to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki for ethical research involving human subjects. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained.