Barrichello, Sergio
Badurdeen, Dilhana
Hedjoudje, Abdellah
Neto, Manoel Galvão
Yance, Robin
Veinert, Andre
Fayad, Lea
Simsek, Cem
Grecco, Eduardo
de Souza, Thiago Ferreira
Teixeira, Cynthia
Nunes, Gabriel Cairo
Kalloo, Anthony N.
Khashab, Mouen A.
Kumbhari, Vivek http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7772-9006
Article History
First Online: 28 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
:
: The ethics committee at the Hospital Estadual Mario Covas approved the IRB for the study.
: Informed consent does not apply.
: Anthony Kalloo is a founding Member, equity Holder and consultant for Apollo Endosurgery. Mouen A. Khashab is on the medical advisory board for Boston Scientific and Olympus America and is a consultant for Boston Scientific, Olympus America, and Medtronic. Vivek Kumbhari is a consultant for Medtronic, Reshape Lifesciences, Boston Scientific, Pentax Medical, and Apollo Endosurgery. He also receives research support from ERBE USA and Apollo Endosurgery. Manoel Galvão Neto is a consultant for Apollo Endosurgery and Ethicon endosurgery. Eduardo Grecco is a consultant for Apollo Endosurgery and Fractyl labs. Thiago Ferreira de Souza is a consultant for Apollo Endosurgery. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.