Swallowable balloons work to quell obesity: study

On average, volunteers strew some-more than 15 kilos, that amounted to 31 per cent of additional weight. PHOTO: AFP

PARIS: Weight-loss balloons swallowed rather than surgically extrinsic in a stomach were shown to be protected and effective in rough trials, according to commentary denounced Thursday during a medical conference.

So-called intragastric balloons have been used for decades to assistance portly patients strew neglected kilos. Inflated with water, a inclination quell craving and make it easier to diet by inducing a feeling of fullness. Up to now, however, they could usually be ingrained in a stomach surgically, a dear procession requiring ubiquitous anaesthesia or sedation.

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In a little hearing led by Roberta Ienca, a researcher in initial medicine during Sapienza University in Rome, 42 portly patients – 29 group and 13 women – were propitious with balloons that were swallowed before being arrogant with liquid. “A catheter is trustworthy to a balloon, that is folded into a capsule,” Ienca explained to AFP.

A alloy fills a balloon around a little tube, that is afterwards private around a mouth with a tug. “This routine takes only a few seconds,” she added.

The body-mass index [BMI] of a volunteers sundry between 30 and 45. The threshold for plumpness is a BMI – one’s weight in kilos divided by one’s tallness [in centimetres] squared – of 30.

The balloons remained in a stomach for 16 weeks, during that time patients were put on a low-carbohydrate, low-calorie diet. At a finish of that time, an inner recover valve automatically opens and drains a balloon, that is afterwards excreted.

On average, volunteers strew some-more than 15 kilos, that amounted to 31 per cent of additional weight. No critical side effects were reported. After a trial, patients were transitioned to a Mediterranean diet, complicated on vegetables and olive oil, and light on protein and starch.
The new technique “appears to be a protected and effective weight-loss method,” Ienca commented in a statement.

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Because a swallowable balloon “does not need endoscopy, medicine or anaesthesia, this might make it suitable for a incomparable race of portly patients not responding to diet or lifestyle treatment.” It could also lead to poignant cost savings, she added.

“In itself, gastric balloons are not a long-term resolution for weight loss,” Simon Cork, a researcher in inquisitive medicine during Imperial College London who was not concerned in a study, commented after reviewing a results. “Nevertheless, gastric balloons are still useful for some patients, and a introduction of a device that doesn’t need medicine to make is a certain step forward.”

Developed by US-based Allurion Technologies, a complement is already marketed in Europe in France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Greece. It is also accessible in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The association intends to start a FDA capitulation routine in a United States soon, Ienca said.

The commentary were presented during a European Congress on Obesity in Porto, Portugal, that runs by May 20.

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