Effectiveness and safety of air-filled balloon Heliosphere BAG   in 82 consecutive XXXX @entity1 .

@entity1 @entity390 @entity353 @entity28 @entity391
BACKGROUND: Intragastric balloon is a widely used technique to treat @entity28 that is considered to be more efficient than conservative treatment before bariatric surgery. To describe air-filled balloon (Heliosphere BAG  ) effectiveness [absolute @entity353 , body mass index (BMI) loss, percentage of body @entity353 (BWL), percentage of excess @entity353 (EWL)] and complications 6 months after its insertion. METHODS: Eighty-four consecutive intragastric balloons were placed endoscopically. Individualized nutritional counseling was given. The follow-up was carried out in an endocrinology outpatient clinic. Due to the weight or height data missed in two cases, only 82 @entity1 were included in this report, 63 @entity1 with a mean age 39 years (SD, 11.1); mean BMI, 39.1 kg/m(2) (SD, 5.8). The median follow-up was 182 days. RESULTS: The mean @entity353 and BMI loss were 14.5 kg (SD, 8.2); and 5.3 kg/m(2) (SD, 2.8), respectively (for difference, p   <   0.001). The mean percentage of BWL was 13.4% (SD, 7.0). Of the sample, 70.4% achieved a percentage of BWL >10%. The percentage of EWL reached 33.2% (SD, 19.2). After adjusting by sex and initial BMI, absolute @entity353 (p   =   0.033), BMI loss (p   =   0.034), percentage of BWL (p   =   0.034), and percentage of EWL (p   =   0.034) were inversely related to age. Absolute @entity353 and BMI loss were greater in higher initial BMI, but the percentage of EWL was lower. Two spontaneous deflations occurred (3%), but only one surgical early removal (1.2%) was required. @entity390 and @entity391 developed in 7.4% of the @entity1 during the first week. CONCLUSIONS: Air-filled Heliosphere BAG   has been effective in achieving a relevant loss of body weight.
