ArticleObesity surgery2021
Routine Intra-gastric Balloon Insertion in the Management of 'Super-Super-Obese' Patients: an Obituary?
Article in Obesity surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intragastric Balloon as a Bridge Before Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Intragastric Balloon as Bridging Therapy Prior to Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Severe Obesity (BMI ≥ 50 kg/mObesity surgery · 2022Pooled it
- 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
- Sleeve gastrectomy with antral resection provides more effective weight loss in patients with super obesity.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Scientific Evidence for the Updated Guidelines on Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (IFSO/ASMBS).Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Intragastric Balloon versus Liraglutide as Bridge to Surgery in Super-Obese Patients.Obesity facts · 2023Article
- Impact of preoperative weight loss achieved by gastric balloon on peri- and postoperative outcomes of bariatric surgery in super-obese patients: a retrospective matched-pair analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo prospectively evaluate the feasibility of single-stage bariatric surgery in patients with super-super obesity and compare their outcomes with patients undergoing intra-gastric balloon insertion as a bridging device prior to definitive surgery. MATERIALS AND
methodsData from 42 patients with BMI 60-75 kg/m
resultsAll patients in the single-stage group underwent successful bariatric surgery. Length of hospital stay after definitive bariatric surgery (3.3 ± 1.9 vs 2.2 ± 0.6 days, p = 0.005) and overall complication rates were significantly higher in the two-stage group.
conclusionsRoutine use of an intra-gastric balloon in super-super obese patients is not required and may be associated with poorer peri-operative outcomes and delayed weight loss.
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