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Is Endoscopy Really Necessary for Placing Intragastric Balloons?

BACKGROUND: Gastric balloons for weight loss have historically been placed after a screening endoscopy. However, the utility and yield of these endoscopies has not been studied. Therefore, we wanted to evaluate the utility of screening endoscopy and to assess patients who had balloons placed without...

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Autor principal: Mathus-Vliegen, Elisabeth M.H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2812-5