Efficacy, tolerance and safety of new intragastric air-filled balloon (Heliosphere BAG) for obesity: The experience of 17 cases

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1227-1230

  Trande, Paolo ^a   Mussetto, Alessandro ^a   Mirante, Vincenzo G ^a   De Martinis, Elvira ^a   Olivetti, Giampiero ^a   Conigliaro, Rita L ^a   De Micheli, Enrico A ^a  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Efficacy; Intragastric balloon; Obesity; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIET THERAPY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957020771     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9786-2     Document Type: Article

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