Weight loss and improved quality of life with a nonsurgical endoscopic treatment for obesity: Clinical results from a 3- and 6-month study

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 929-934

  Marinos, George ^a,b   Eliades, Chris ^b   Muthusamy, V Raman ^c   Greenway, Frank ^d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Gastric Balloon and Lapband Australia   (Australia)

^c Pennington Biomedical Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Digestive; Endoscopy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BODY MASS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SORE THROAT; STOMACH ULCER; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BARIATRICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BARIATRIC MEDICINE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84928825189     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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