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Cost-effectiveness of procedure-less intragastric balloon therapy as substitute or complement to bariatric surgery

BACKGROUND: Procedure-less intragastric balloon (PIGB) eliminates costs and risks of endoscopic placement/removal and involves lower risk of serious complications compared with bariatric surgery, albeit with lower weight loss. Given the vast unmet need for obesity treatment, an important question is...

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Autores principales: Mital, Shweta, Nguyen, Hai V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8318309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34319992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254063