Open AccessAPPLICATION OF INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
Author(s) -
А. Е. Неймарк,
V F Popova,
К. А. Анисимова
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vestnik hirurgii im. i.i. grekova/vestnik hirurgii imeni i.i. grekova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2686-7370
pISSN - 0042-4625
DOI - 10.24884/0042-4625-2015-174-3-59-62
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , obesity , surgery , obesity surgery , severe obesity , morbid obesity , weight loss , gastric bypass
The bariatric surgery is the most effective way of obesity treatment. The article describes an experience of placement of intragastric balloon as an additional method of treatment to diet and medicamentous therapy in one group of patients. At the same time, there was the other group, where intragstric balloons were placed before bariatric surgery as measure of preoperative preparation.