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Endoscopic bariatric therapies for obesity: a review.
- Source :
- Medical Journal of Australia; Aug2021, Vol. 215 Issue 4, p183-188, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- ▪ Obesity is reaching pandemic proportions globally, with overweight or obesity affecting at least two-thirds of Australian adults. ▪ Bariatric surgery is an effective weight loss strategy but is constrained by high resource requirements and low patient acceptance. ▪ Multiple endoscopic bariatric therapies have matured, with well established and favourable safety and efficacy profiles in multiple randomised controlled trials (RCTs), and are best used within a multidisciplinary setting as an adjuvant to lifestyle intervention. ▪ Three types of intragastric balloon are currently in use in Australia offering average total weight loss ranging from 10% to 18%, with others available internationally. ▪ Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty produces average total weight loss of 15-20% with low rates of severe complications, with RCT data anticipated in December 2021. ▪Bariatric and metabolic endoscopy is rapidly evolving, with many novel, promising therapies currently under investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0025729X
- Volume :
- 215
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151911310
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51179