UT Physicians begin clinical study of incision-free obesity treatment

Physicians at Medical School‘s Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas (MIST) have enrolled the first patient in Texas in a clinical trial that will examine the safety and effectiveness of an incision-free procedure to treat obesity.

The investigational procedure is part of the multi-center TOGA Pivotal Trial. Dr. Erik Wilson, associate professor and director of the Division of Minimally Invasive and Elective General Surgery; and Dr. Brad Snyder, assistant professor and director of clinical research of MIST, have performed their first transoral gastroplasty (TOGA) procedure at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center. Like other obesity procedures, such as gastric bypass, lap band, and gastric sleeve surgeries, TOGA is designed to alter the patient’s stomach anatomy to give a feeling of fullness after a small meal. The difference is that the procedure is performed without any cuts on the abdomen.

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