What Is the Apollo Method?
The Apollo Method is an endoscopic stomach reduction system indicated for the treatment of obesity.
Also called Endoscopic Gastric Sleeve, Vertical Restrictive Gastroplasty, EndoSleeve, or Endoscopic Sleeve, it is a restrictive technique performed with the Apollo Endosurgery Overstitch Endoscopic Suturing System.
How Is It Performed?
The procedure is carried out via endoscopic access and involves creating a series of internal sutures in the stomach wall, reducing the size of the gastric cavity, preventing its distension, and slowing the gastric emptying of food, producing an early satiety effect and delaying the onset of hunger.
What Are the Advantages of the Apollo Method?
In addition to preserving gastric anatomy, it is a repeatable, minimally invasive technique with a low complication rate, requiring preparation similar to that used for an upper endoscopy.
Since it is an endoscopic procedure with no external incisions, it becomes a safe and minimally invasive method that allows stomach capacity reduction orally without the need to open any access route.
It is painless and typically involves a quick recovery that allows the patient, in most cases, to resume a practically normal life upon medical discharge.
Clinical Results
In recent publications related to this endoscopic surgery, patients have achieved an excess weight loss of 55.3% at 6 months, 54.9% at 12 months, and 62% at 18 months.
Post‑Procedure Follow‑Up
After the endoscopic intervention, a follow‑up program is established to ensure the necessary weight loss, thanks to the technique’s results and the nutritional and lifestyle changes implemented by the multidisciplinary team specialized in digestive health, endoscopy, endocrinology, nutrition, and clinical psychology.
Indications for the Apollo Method
Class I obesity with associated comorbidities.
Class II obesity.
Class III obesity with few comorbidities or in patients who refuse surgery.
Alternative indications: Patients with Class IV obesity (super obesity with an BMI > 50 kg/m²) who do not wish to undergo surgery or have contra‑indications to surgical treatment.
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