Effectiveness of Intra-Gastric Balloon as a Bridge to Definitive Surgery in the Super Obese
| Autor: | John Loy, Samuel Adjepong, Syed Soulat Raza, William Ball, James Rink, Manel Riera, Jayaprakash Pattar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Nausea Super obese Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Bariatric Surgery 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Balloon Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Weight loss Weight Loss medicine Humans Aged Gastric Balloon Retrospective Studies Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Obesity Morbid Bridge (graph theory) Vomiting 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female medicine.symptom Metabolic syndrome business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Obesity surgery. 29(6) |
| ISSN: | 1708-0428 |
| Popis: | British National guidelines (NICE) recommend bariatric surgery for patients with a body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m2, or BMI > 35 kg/m2 with any comorbidities of the metabolic syndrome. Intra-gastric balloons (IGB) can be used in super obese patients as a first step, before definitive surgery. Quantify weight loss 6 months after IGB placement, measure progression to definitive surgery and identify complications. Data collected retrospectively on 50 patients. Forty-six proposed for definitive bariatric surgery, four patients excluded. Analysis performed using SPSS v23.0. Median weight decreased from 165.5 to 155 kg (range 78 to 212, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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