Search Strategy and Information Sources
The strategy was carried out through the search system in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web Of Science, ScienceDirect Journals, Scopus, OneFile (Gale), OVID, EBSCO, LILACS/ Bireme, and gray literature, following the steps of the search for MeSH Terms Argon plasma coagulation; Endoscopic suturing; Surgery; Weight regain; Bariatric surgery. Also, a combination of the keywords with the Booleans “OR”, AND and the operator “NOT” was used to target scientific articles of interest. The title and abstracts were examined under all conditions. The research structure used in the databases is shown in Table 2. The same search strategy was used in other databases.