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. 2008 Sep;18(9):1154-6.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-008-9565-0. Epub 2008 Jun 3.

BioEnterics intragastric balloon: clinical outcomes of the first 100 patients--a Turkish experience

Halil Coskun  1 , Ozgur Bostanci, Ece Dilege, Alp Bozbora
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BioEnterics intragastric balloon: clinical outcomes of the first 100 patients--a Turkish experience

Halil Coskun et al. Obes Surg. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

Background: The BioEnterics Intragrastric Balloon (BIB) together with restricted diet has been used for the treatment of obesity and morbid obesity.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 100 patients who had undergone the BIB procedure between February 2005 and February 2007.

Results: Mean age, mean weight, and mean BMI of the patients were 35.35 +/- 9.25 years, 113.23 +/- 24.76 kg (range 73-200 kg), and 39.28 +/- 6.98 kg/m(2) (range 30-69.2 kg/m(2)), respectively. Six months after the BIB procedure, mean weight and mean BMI were reduced to 100.46 +/- 26.05 kg (range 58-178 kg) and 34.70 +/- 11 kg/m(2) (range 21.83-61.59 kg/m(2)), respectively. There was a statistically significant reduction in weight and BMI at 6 months after the BIB procedure (p < 0.01). Excess weight loss (EWL) at 6 months ranged between 0 and 28 kg, with a mean value of 12.68 +/- 7.70 kg. The subjects had 0 to 99.2% %EWL (mean 28.63 +/- 19.29). Reduction in BMI at 6 months ranged between 0 and 12.3 kg/m(2), with a mean value of 4.51 +/- 2.85 kg/m(2), and percent excess body mass index loss (%EBMIL) was 38.20 +/- 28.78% (range 0-158%). At 6 months, there was a significant reduction in body weight and BMI (p < 0.01) in both groups. The reduction in BMI of the morbidly obese group was significantly greater than that of the obese group (p = 0.035), and both the %EWL and %EBMIL of the morbidly obese patients were significantly lower than those of the obese patients at 6 months (p = 0.001).

Conclusions: BIB application is a reasonable weight loss method with few complications.

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