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Intragastric Balloon for Overweight Patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Current treatments for overweight adults include reduced-calorie diet, exercise, behavior modification, and selective use of medications. Many achieve suboptimal results with these measures and progress to obesity. Whether the intragastric balloon (IGB), a reversible devic...

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Autores principales: Martins Fernandes, Flavio Augusto, Carvalho, Gustavo L., Lima, Diego L., Rao, Prashanth, Shadduck, Phillip P., Montandon, Isabelle D., de Souza Barros, Juscielle, Rodrigues, Ingrid Lais Vieira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4777670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2015.00107