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Article History

Received: 7 April 2021

Revised: 9 July 2021

Accepted: 14 July 2021

First Online: 30 July 2021

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was exempt from institutional review board approval.

: Informed consent does not apply.

: Vivek Kumbhari is a board member of the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy; is a consultant for Apollo Endosurgery, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Fujifilm, and Pentax Medical; and received research support from ERBE and Apollo Endosurgery. Carel W le Roux serves on advisory boards for novo Nordisk, GI Dynamics, Herbalife, Keyron, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Johnson & Johnson and has received funding from Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Research Council, Health Research Board, and European Foundation for Study of Diabetes. Ricardo V Cohen serves on advisory board for GI Dynamics, Johnson & Johnson, and Keyron, and has received funding from Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and GI Dynamics.