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.
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 obesepatients were significantly lower than those of the obesepatients at 6 months (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:BIB application is a reasonable weight loss method with few complications.
Authors: A Genco; M Cipriano; V Bacci; M Cuzzolaro; A Materia; L Raparelli; C Docimo; M Lorenzo; N Basso Journal: Int J Obes (Lond) Date: 2006-01 Impact factor: 5.095
Authors: A Genco; T Bruni; S B Doldi; P Forestieri; M Marino; L Busetto; C Giardiello; L Angrisani; L Pecchioli; P Stornelli; F Puglisi; M Alkilani; A Nigri; N Di Lorenzo; F Furbetta; A Cascardo; M Cipriano; M Lorenzo; N Basso Journal: Obes Surg Date: 2005-09 Impact factor: 4.129
Authors: J Herve; C H Wahlen; A Schaeken; B Dallemagne; J M Dewandre; S Markiewicz; B Monami; J Weerts; C Jehaes Journal: Obes Surg Date: 2005 Jun-Jul Impact factor: 4.129