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Aspiration therapy meets safety and effectiveness thresholds for incorporation into routine practice, but overall acceptance has been lower than other FDA-approved EBMTs.
Practitioners should be aware of the safety of aspiration therapy, but also its limited acceptance among patients.
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Aspiration therapy meets safety and effectiveness thresholds for incorporation into routine practice, but overall acceptance has been lower than other FDA-approved EBMTs.
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Endobariatrics: well past infancy and maturing rapidly
Shreesh Shrestha et al. · Current Opinion in Gastroenterology · 2022
DOI 10.1097/mog.0000000000000884
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