Trial reportObesity surgery2017
Impact of Intragastric Balloon Before Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass on Patients with Super Obesity: a Randomized Multicenter Study.
Trial report in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Intragastric Balloon as a Bridge Before Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Prescription of Supplements in Pre- and Post-bariatric Surgery Patients: An Updated Comprehensive Practical Guideline.Obesity surgery · 2023Guideline
- Intragastric Balloon as Bridging Therapy Prior to Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 50 kg/mObesity surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Therapies and Their Effects on Metabolic Syndrome and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Intragastric Balloons for Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Obesity surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Bridging interventions before bariatric surgery in patients with BMI ≥ 50 kg/mSurgical endoscopy · 2019Pooled it
- Preoperative intragastric balloon in morbid obesity is unable to decrease early postoperative morbidity of bariatric surgery (sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass): a clinical assay.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Trial
- Obesity and Pancreatic Diseases: From Inflammation to Oncogenesis and the Impact of Weight Loss Interventions.Nutrients · 2025Review
- The latest evidence and guidance in lifestyle and surgical interventions to achieve weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Review
- A single-center experience of safety and effectiveness of adjustable intragastric balloon in patients with super obesity.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Acute Pancreatitis Following Intragastric Balloon Insertion: A 7-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Sleeve gastrectomy with antral resection provides more effective weight loss in patients with super obesity.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- PREOPERATIVE HOSPITALIZATION AS A BRIDGING STRATEGY FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH BODY MASS INDEX = 50 KG/M2 WHO ARE CANDIDATES FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2025Article
- Intragastric balloon for obesity treatment: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Endoscopy international open · 2025Review
- Mechanism of action and selection of endoscopic bariatric therapies for treatment of obesity.Clinical endoscopy · 2024Review
- Development of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders-European Chapter (IFSO-EC) Grade-Based Guidelines on the Surgical Treatment of Obesity Using Multimodal Strategies: Design and Methodological Aspects.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- "Evaluating the Safety of the Intragastric Balloon".Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Metabolic and Bariatric Endoscopy: A Mini-Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Losing weight to achieve joint or hernia surgery: is the intragastric balloon the answer?Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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20 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSuper obese patients are recommended to lose weight before bariatric surgery. The effect of intragastric balloon (IGB)-induced weight loss before laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGBP) has not been reported. The aim of this prospective randomized multicenter study was to compare the impact of preoperative 6-month IGB with standard medical care (SMC) in LGBP patients.
methodsPatients with BMI >45 kg/m
resultsOnly 115 patients were included (BMI 54.3 ± 8.7 kg/m
conclusionIGB insertion before LGBP induced weight loss but did not improve the perioperative outcomes or affect postoperative weight loss.
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