The intragastric balloon is a medical technique to treat obesity that does not require surgery, ie it is a non-surgical treatment which is achieved by causing the patient a feeling of fullness and loss of appetite persistent. This new weight loss system, having proved their effectiveness is beginning to be announced on television and certainly more than one reader will have seen an announcement in this regard.
The intragastric balloon technique is based on the endoscopic insertion of an expandable silicone balloon in the stomach, once in the stomach, the intragastric balloon is filled with saline, taking its final shape spherical. As an expandable balloon, it can take different sizes depending on the needs of each patient, ie overweight and its morphology. The success of the technique of thinning is based on stomach capacity is dramatically reduced causing satiated by eating us promptly and we need to continue eating food.
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