Trial reportObesity surgery2013
Swallowable Obalon® gastric balloons as an aid for weight loss: a pilot feasibility study.
Trial report in Obesity surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Short-term effects of intragastric balloon in association with conservative therapy on weight loss: a meta-analysis.Journal of translational medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Endoscopic bariatrics: Current status and emerging technologies.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Safety of the Intragastric Balloon: Spanish Multicenter Experience in 20,680 Cases and with 12 Different Balloon Models.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Long-term systemic effects of metabolic bariatric surgery: A multidisciplinary perspective.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2023Review
- Recent advances in bariatric surgery: a narrative review of weight loss procedures.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Review
- Overview on the endoscopic treatment for obesity: A review.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Metabolic and Bariatric Endoscopy: A Mini-Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A Comprehensive Review on Bariatric Endoscopy: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Advances in endobariatrics: past, present, and future.Gastroenterology report · 2023Review
- Primary Bariatric Procedures.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Review
- Six intragastric balloons: Which to choose?World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2021Review
- Outcomes of a Swallowable Intragastric Balloon (Elipse™) on 96 Overweight and Obese Patients.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Intra-gastric balloons - The past, present and future.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Hidden dangers and updated labels on gastric balloons.Clinical case reports · 2020Article
- From the Knife to the Endoscope-a History of Bariatric Surgery.Current obesity reports · 2020Review
- New Era: Endoscopic treatment options in obesity-a paradigm shift.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies: Intragastric Balloons, Tissue Apposition, and Aspiration Therapy.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Endoscopic bariatric therapies for treating obesity: a learning curve for gastroenterologists.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2019Review
- SAGES review of endoscopic and minimally invasive bariatric interventions: a review of endoscopic and non-surgical bariatric interventions.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and the impact on weight loss of a new swallowable gastric balloon. In this prospective pilot study, 17 overweight or obese patients were included. Up to three balloons were ingested under fluoroscopic control. All balloons were removed by upper GI endoscopy, 12 weeks after the ingestion of the first balloon. 43 out of 44 attempts (98 %) to swallow a balloon were successful. Nausea and stomach pain were the most frequent side effects. Endoscopic procedures for balloon removal were uneventful. Weight loss was significant at weeks 4, 8, and 12. This pilot study showed no significant side effects induced by up to three balloons, and a significant weight loss.
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