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Gastric Balloon Procedure
The Ideal Patient
- Female, aged 18-40 years, or male aged 18-50 years, with a BMI of 27-35
- Individuals who have had a normal weight during at least part of their adult life and may have experienced weight gain as a response to physical illness or an emotional event.
- Well motivated individual who has failed traditional diet and exercise programs
- Realistic expectations of what can be achieved
Clinical experience has shown that patients with these characteristics achieve the best results in terms of weight loss during treatment and maintenance of weight loss after their balloon is removed.
Patient History and AssessmentGastric Balloon References:
1. Adams KF, et al., Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old. New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 355: 763-7782. Fried M, et al., Inter-disciplinary European guidelines on surgery of severe obesity. International Journal of Obesity 2007; 31: 569-577
3. Buchwald H. Consensus Conference Statement. Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: Health implications for patients, health professionals, and third-party payers. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2005; 1: 371-381
4. Lau DCW for the Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee and Expert Panel. Synopsis of the 2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity in adults and children. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2007; 176; 1103-1106
5. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Clinical guideline 43. Obesity guidance on the prevention, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children, December 2006
6. Genco A, et al. BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon: The Italian Experience with 2,515 Patients. Obesity Surgery 2005; 15: 1161-1164
7. Sallet JA, et al. Brazilian multicenter study of the intragastric balloon. Obesity Surgery 2004; 14:991-998
8. Mathus-Vliegen EM, Tytgat GN. Intragastric balloon for treatment-resistant obesity: safety, tolerance, and efficacy of 1-year balloon treatment followed by a 1-year balloon-free follow-up. Gastrointest Endosc. 2005;61:19-27
9. Cobourn C. et al., Expert Approaches to Weight Loss Management, Issue 1, The Allergan ORBERA™ Managed Weight Loss System
Treatment Options References:
1. Maggard MA, Shugarman LR, Suttorp M, et al. Meta-analysis: surgical treatment of obesity. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:547-559.2. Fisher BL. Comparison of recovery time after open and laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable banding. Obes Surg. 2004;14:67-72.