Figure 2.

Endoscopic sleeve suture pattern used in modified endoscopic sleeve. Each colored node denotes a single suture bite. Each suture is performed in the superior to inferior direction. Blue nodes denote “U”-shaped patterns. Each “U” suture is reinforced by a single running “reinforcement suture” at each red node. Green nodes denote location of “I”-shaped suture patterns. Note the final “I” suture pattern was elongated in a J shape to exclude the fundus but avoid direct fundal suturing.