Acknowledgements
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With thanks to Lydia Walder (FIECON UK Ltd) who contributed to model development and analysis, Rory Telfer (Apollo Endosurgery UK Ltd) who provided clinical and cost information for the ESG procedure and reviewed the manuscript, and James Cann who assisted in drafting the manuscript (funded by Apollo Endosurgery).With further thanks to Kenneth Clare at Obesity UK who provided feedback on the draught manuscript to ensure patient concerns were adequately captured in the discussion.