Morbid Obesity: treatment with Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB), psychological and nursing care: our experience

Obesity is considered a chronic disease, difficult to treat, and is the first cause of death in the world that is predictable. The surgical approach is limited to patients with severe obesity but there is an intermediate group who are not candidates for immediate surgery. The BioEnterics Intragastri...

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Autores principales: Sivero, Luigi, Galloro, Giuseppe, Ruggiero, Simona, Alessandro Telesca, Donato, Russo, Teresa, Amato, Maurizio, Di Palma, Immacolata, Iovino, Speranza, Amato, Bruno, Sivero, Stefania, Forestieri, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0073
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Sumario:Obesity is considered a chronic disease, difficult to treat, and is the first cause of death in the world that is predictable. The surgical approach is limited to patients with severe obesity but there is an intermediate group who are not candidates for immediate surgery. The BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB) is recommended for weight reduction as a bridge to bariatric surgery. All patients in the study underwent a psychological evaluation prior to placement of the BIB.

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