Intragastric balloon or diet alone? A retrospective evaluation

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 989-992

  Genco, Alfredo ^a   Balducci, Stefano ^a   Bacci, Vincenzo ^a   Materia, Alberto ^a   Cipriano, Massimiliano ^a   Baglio, Giovanni ^b   Ribaudo, Maria Cristina ^a   Maselli, Roberta ^a   Lorenzo, Michele ^c   Basso, Nicola ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^c ASL NA5   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intragastric balloon; Morbid obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 48749130790     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9383-9     Document Type: Article

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