The Bioenteric® Intragastric Balloon (BIB®) as a treatment for obesity: Poor results in Asian patients

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Ganesh, R ^a   Rao, A D ^a   Baladas, H G ^a   Leese, Trevor ^a,b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Awali Hospital   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bioenteric intragastric balloon; Intragastric balloon; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BALLOON; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OBESITY; RELIABILITY; SINGAPORE; STOMACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33947496083     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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