Intragastric balloon treatment for obesity: Prospective single-center study findings

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Peker, Yasin ^a   Durak, Evren ^b   Özgürbüz, Uǧur ^c  

^a Third General Surgery Clinic   (United States)

^b First General Surgery Clinic   (United States)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intragastric balloon; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON SURGERY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS EJECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952833655     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000295624     Document Type: Article

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