OCTOBER 24, 2019

Undisclosed Conflicts Prompt Recall of Paper on Bariatric Endo Training

A leading gastroenterology journal has temporarily removed a recent position statement on bariatric endoscopy over concerns that the authors failed to adequately disclose potential financial conflicts of interest (COIs) relevant to the paper.

The article, "ABE/ASGE position statement on training and privileges for primary endoscopic bariatric therapies," was published in September in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and was a collaboration of the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy and the American