Benefits of multidisciplinary team management of obese patients with intragastric balloon placement: an analysis of 159 cases at a single center.

CONCLUSIONS: Intragastric balloon managed patients get additional benefit on weight loss with psychological follow-up and exercise during the intervention. Given the retrospective nature of the study, further studies are needed to definitive conclusions. PMID: 32782120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782120?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - July 13, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Pereyra-Talamantes A, Flores-Martín JE, Almazán-Urbina FE, Rosales-Rocha R, López-Téllez HS Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research