The newest weight-loss procedure
Dr. Ramesh Luther first did weight-loss procedures involving balloons at Buffalo ’s VA Medical Center in the 1980s.
The concept is that a balloon, about the size of a grapefruit, is inserted into someone’s stomach and triggers a condition called gastroparesis. In layman’s terms, that means limiting the stomach’s ability to empty itself and, ultimately, making the patien t less hungry.
Those procedures went well, but the product was eventually pulled off the market because the ballons were…
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