Intragastric balloons in high-risk obese patients in a Brazilian center: initial experience

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the short-term efficacy, tolerance and complications in high-risk morbidly obese patients treated with an intragastric balloon as a bridge for surgery. Methods: we conducted a post-hoc analysis study in a Brazilian teaching hospital from 2010 to 2014, with 23 adult pati...

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Published in:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2018, Vol.45 (1)
Main Authors: BORGES, ALANA COSTA, ALMEIDA, PAULO CÉSAR, FURLANI, STELLA M. T., CURY, MARCELO DE SOUSA, GAUR, SHANTANU
Format: Article
Language:eng ; por
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Bariatric Surgery
Gastric Balloon
Obesity, Morbid
Risk
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the short-term efficacy, tolerance and complications in high-risk morbidly obese patients treated with an intragastric balloon as a bridge for surgery. Methods: we conducted a post-hoc analysis study in a Brazilian teaching hospital from 2010 to 2014, with 23 adult patients with a BMI of 48kg/m2, who received a single intragastric air or liquid balloon. We defined efficacy as 10% excess weight loss, and complications, as adverse events consequent to the intragastric balloon diagnosed after the initial accommodative period. We expressed the anthropometric results as means ± standard deviation, comparing the groups with paired T / Student’s T tests, when appropriate, with p
ISSN:0100-6991
1809-4546
1809-4546
DOI:10.1590/0100-6991e-20181448