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Intragastric balloon: another option for treatment of obesity and morbid obesity
S B Doldi1, G Micheletto, M N Perrini
1Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche dell'Universita degli Studi di Milano-Divisione di Chirurgia, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio di Milano, Centro per la Farmacoterapia delle malattie nutrizionali e metaboliche, Italy. santo.bressani@unimi.it
Background/Aims:
The BioEnterics Intragrastric Balloon (BIB, BioEnterics, Santa Barbara, CA) in association with restricted diet has been used for the treatment of obesity and morbid obesity.
Methodology:
Since March 1998, 349 BIB were placed in 303 obese and morbidly obese patients; 95 patients were male and 208 female; mean age was 41.5 years (19-70); mean weight was 118.8 Kg (67-229); mean BMI was 42 Kg/m2, % excess weight was 62.3% (4.6-216.3). The balloon was inserted and removed endoscopically under general anesthesia. Patients were given a balanced diet of 1000 Kcal/day.
Results:
After 4 months of balloon treatment, the mean weight loss was 13.9 Kg and the mean reduction in BMI was 4.8 Kg/m2. Weight loss was greater in male patients. Weight loss was accompanied by an improvement of the diseases associated with obesity, in particular diabetes.
Conclusions:
The best indications for BIB were: morbidly obese (BMI >40) and super-obese patients (BMI >50) in preparation for bariatric operations; obese patients with BMI 35-40 with co-morbidity in preparation for bariatric surgery; obese patients with BMI 30-35 with a chronic disease otherwise unresolved; patients with BMI <30 only in a multidisciplinary approach.
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