Endoscopic Weight loss Treatments
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Weight Doctors, Germany’s most experienced team for minimally invasive obesity treatments, is the market leader for endoscopic weight loss methods and the exclusive supplier for the revolutionary pose® procedure from the USA.

 

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Maintaining your weight loss success has never been so easy.

Until recently, medical interventions to permanently reduce stomach volume have been associated with high risks, serious side effects and severe limitations in overall quality of life. With the development of the pose® (Primary Obesity Surgery Endoluminal) procedure, however, this perception is a thing of the past. Pose® is a solution that aims to achieve a high degree of effectiveness while being a low-impact medical intervention. Pose® is a so-called minimally invasive non-surgical method and is the only solution that enables a permanent reduction of stomach volume.

The unique thing about pose® is that the procedure impacts two important areas of the stomach to achieve effective, sustained weight loss: namely at the stomach entrance, and at the stomach exit – for a faster, and longer lasting feeling of fullness.

Up until recently, the procedure, which is based on a highly specialized, single-use endoscope created by the US manufacturer USGI Medical Inc., has only been offered in Spain, Austria and the United Arab Emirates. The Weight Doctors team has been successfully treating patients with the pose® procedure since 2017 and has been able to help hundreds of happy patients achieve their ideal weight with this innovative and complication-free method.

Learn in English or Afrikaans how our permanent stomach reduction without surger works: The Weight Doctors SLEEVE®

The unique technologies of our Weight Doctor SLEEVE®

pose® 3.0 Double Helix Technology

Our Weight Doctors SLEEVE® using pose® 3.0 Double Helix technology is based on the revolutionary idea of pose®, the first permanent stomach reduction without surgery. What is new, however, is that the Weight Doctors can now reduce your stomach by up to 70-75%. Food intake is reduced, the feeling of fullness sets in more quickly and can be felt for longer. Now with even less invasiveness and improved stability.

OverStitch Next technology

Our OverStitchTM Next technology is highly effective and can reduce the size of the stomach by up to 75%. In this respect, the technology is in no way inferior to other technologies. On the contrary: in some cases we even observe a slightly higher restriction in comparison. In any case, OverStitchTM Next is nickel-free and therefore suitable for almost all of our patients with allergic reactions.

The Weight Doctors SLEEVE® is the most convincing approach for permanent gastric reduction without surgery

The technologies used for the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® offer spectacular results, but must be applied cleanly and, above all, safely for our patients by an experienced specialist in visceral surgery. That’s why it’s particularly important at Weight Doctors that all our specialists are intensively trained in our treatment philosophy. Only in this way can we ensure, for example, that all our procedures within the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® build on each other and are applied modularly. This offers the advantage that we can readjust and better control the gastric reduction at a later time.

For all endoscopic technologies for gastric reduction based on the Weight Doctors SLEEVE®, a highly specialized endoscope for single use is employed. Using high-precision instruments, the stomach wall is then prepared. With the instruments of pose® 3.0 Double Helix, the Endo-Sleeve is precisely placed in folds in the stomach at the most important locations, row by row, using targeted anchor and thread technology, the so-called Snowshoe technique. With the nickel-free OverStich Next technology, the Endo-Sleeve is placed z-shaped lengthwise along the stomach from bottom to top using threads. The horizontal and vertical effect of all threads together leads to a permanent gastric reduction of up to 75%.

The Weight Doctors team has been treating patients extremely successfully since 2017. Today, the Weight Doctors Endo-Sleeve, a special type of endoscopic gastric reduction without real surgery, is created using the technology platforms pose® 3.0 Double Helix and the nickel-free OverStich Next technology.

Since 2021, Weight Doctors even offer bariatric surgical operations as part of their Weight Doctors BARIATRICS program and can thus lead patients to maximum weight loss success through surgical sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass. This makes Weight Doctors the only provider in all of Germany that can deliver the entire range of the best and most sustainable procedures for gentle and effective permanent gastric reduction.

Thanks to our innovative and complication-free treatment philosophy, we have already been able to help over 5,000 happy patients achieve their ideal weight with a Weight Doctors Endo-Sleeve.

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    Why choose an endoscopic weight loss treatment?

     

    Advantage #1
    Your reduced stomach volume works every day: 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This means that your feeling of hunger and satiety is permanently regulated. Hunger attacks be gone!

    Advantage#2
    With a stomach reduction treatment at Weight Doctors, you’ll have no scars or incisions thanks to our minimally invasive procedures.

    Advantage #3
    Ultra-short recovery times. After just a long weekend you should be ready to get back to your normal routine.

    Advantage#4
    Our non-surgical treatments to reduce stomach volume are not only highly compatible for the body, the safety is impressive too. Risks are manageable and if therapy goes to plan, there are no persistent side effects.

    At a glance

    Duration of the procedure

    30-60 minutes

    Type of anesthesia

    semiconscious sedationor general anesthesia

    Stay

    outpatient

    Pain level

    low

    Scarring

    none

    Sociable

    after 3-4 days

    Durability

    4 months to a lifetime

    Cost

    from 50€ per month*

    Experience really matters

    Undergoing weight loss treatment is a big decision, often patients have considered it for years before taking the plunge. 

    For a long time patients were presented only with surgical options for obesity. Whilst these options can be good, they are also invasive. Weight Doctors® recognised early on that a large potion of weight loss patients are generally healthy with a BMI lower than 50. A minimally invasive, yet powerful procedure suits these patients perfectly. 

    Weight Doctors® were amongst the first European specialists to provide Endoscopic treatment for weight loss and have grown to be the largest with centres across UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Germany and beyond. Not only that, Endoscopic treatment is our speciality and passion. 

    Working with International experts such as Dr Devinder Bansi, Professor Karl Miller and Professor Jan Willem Greve soon saw Weight Doctors® at the cutting edge of endoscopic treatment and performing cases in high volume. 

    Now the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® sits alongside traditional surgical weight loss methods, is approved for use within most national and medical guidelines worldwide including the U.S. and attracts around 10'000 patients each year. 

    With all this said, the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® is an intricate procedure only to be performed by experts who carry out the procedure routinely and with an excellent clinical team. At Weight Doctors®, patients can be confident of this expert team, alongside excellent clinical facilities and industry leading aftercare. Read more about the 12 best reasons to choose Weight Doctors®.

    Our patient Aleksandra talks about her experience with her Weight Doctors® SLEEVE

    Are you looking for a reversible treatment method?
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    If this is the case, we recommend taking a closer look at the possibilities of intragastric balloon treatment. The intragastric balloon is a non-surgical, endoscope-interventional method for the treatment of excess weight and obesity. In contrast to other procedures in the field of obesity surgery, the intragastric balloon is characterized by the fact that no scars or incisions are created during its application, nor remain after the treatment.

    The intragastric balloon is inserted into the stomach via the esophagus during a simple gastroscopy, under semi-conscious sedation, and is then filled with a blue-coloured saline solution. Once the balloon is inserted, the stomach loses between 25-35% of its volume, therefore significantly reducing the volume of stomach available for food intake. This will cause our patients to eat smaller meals and remain fuller much longer.

    Depending on the type of intragastric balloon chosen, it can remain in stomach for 6 to 12 months. It is removed again by means of a simple gastroscopy. If you are looking for a longer therapy duration, you may consider opting for an intragastric balloon with an adjustable volume. This has enabled patients to increase and maintain the effectiveness of the treatment over the balloon treatment.

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    Minimally invasive treatments for overweight patients:
    Offering multiple advantages with manageable risks and few side effects

     

    The advantages of this method over other surgical treatments for treating overweight and obesity in patients are obvious. Some of the key benefits include:

    1. There is no need for surgery. Medical risks therefore remain low and the therapy style allows the stomach to return to its original state at any time.
    2. Our treatments don’t require medication. This completely eliminates any undesirable side effects caused by medication.
    3. Our patients see weight loss from the first day following treatment due to the physical reduction of the stomach.

    The expertise and experience of our Weight Doctors team and of our specialized doctors play a key role in the treatment of obesity.

    With Weight Doctors, you can place your complete trust in a team of experts who have spent many years focusing on delivering professional competence, great treatment quality and absolute safety in medicine and hygiene standards to their patients.

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    Schedule your consultation at Weight Doctors in a way that suits you and choose from your most preferred of our options. Your first consultation is free-of-charge. Our team has native speakers in English, German and Dutch language.

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    Doerte Wichmann, MD

    „The pose® procedure offers all the advantages of minimally invasive surgery without having to accept the potential risks and disadvantages of classical surgical treatments for obesity.”

    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    Our non-surgical procedures are almost pain free and allow for quick recovery after the treatment. Being non-surgical they leave no incisions or scars. In most cases, you will be back home on the same day as your treatment.

    Depending on the type of treatment chosen, the procedure usually takes 20 to 50 minutes. Your stay with Weight Doctors from admission to discharge on the day of your treatment is approximately 2.5 to 5 hours.

    In almost all cases, we can undertake the procedure on an outpatient basis, i.e. without an overnight stay at our clinic. This means you can go home the same day and rest in your own bed. However, we also offer our patients the option of a short inpatient stay, which includes overnight accommodation in combination with medical supervision and professional infusion therapy. We’re happy to discuss possible options with you. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

    Our procedures are suitable for overweight or obese patients with a BMI of approximately 27 to 48. In rare cases it is also possible to deviate from this range to undertake this procedure, when it is medically feasible to do so. In any case, patients must be motivated to want to change their lifestyle and make a change in their habits in order to enhance the effectiveness of their therapy.

    Individual weight loss results will depend on the specific endoscopic stomach reduction treatment chosen and can also vary from case to case. This depends on your individual health characteristics and overall commitment to a long-term change in diet and lifestyle. However, it is very realistic to lose between 15kg – 25kg of weight within 3 to 4 months with our minimally invasive methods. A significantly higher weight loss can be achieved with our longer-term therapies lasting more than 1 year, or in the case of our adjustable or permanent endoscopic stomach reductions.

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