Air-filled vs water-filled intragastric balloon: A prospective randomized study

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1916-1919

  Giardiello, Cristiano ^a   Borrelli, Alessandro ^a   Silvestri, Eufemia ^a   Antognozzi, Valentina ^b   Iodice, Giuseppe ^b   Lorenzo, Michele ^c  

^a UOC Chirurgia Generale d'Urgenza e Metabolica   (Italy)

^b Presidio Ospedaliero S Maria della Pietà ^*  (Italy)

^c UOML ASL NA3 SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air filled balloon; BMI; Complications; Saline filled balloon; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FILLED GASTRIC BALLOON; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; WATER FILLED GASTRIC BALLOON; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIR; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878853226     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0786-x     Document Type: Article

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