Open AccessEndoscopic tissue approximation in clinical practice and the OverStitch device: a narrative review
Author(s) -
Claire Kane Miller,
Jessica Magarinos,
Andrew Akcelik,
Charles Bakhos,
Abbas Abbas,
Roman Petrov
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
annals of esophagus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2616-2784
DOI - 10.21037/aoe-21-50
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , clips , narrative review , medicine , achalasia , endoscopy , therapeutic endoscopy , clinical practice , computer science , medical physics , surgery , intensive care medicine , esophagus , family medicine , programming language
The current article describes modern endoscopic technologies that allow for advanced endoscopic tissue approximation and suturing. These technologies include such devices as through the scope and over the scope clips, endoscopic suturing OverStitch device and through the scope suturing X-Tack device.