Bariatric Surgery
Schulman offered a rundown of the
innovative outpatient procedures available at Michigan Medicine:
Intragastric balloon therapy
This procedure involves either
fluid- or gas-filled balloons and is
approved for patients with a body mass index of 30 to 40.
This procedure is
also reversible. The balloons are only intended to be left in place for six
months before their removal.
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
Similar to a traditional surgical
sleeve gastrectomy procedure, in which a
physician sutures a patient’s stomach to make it smaller, an endoscopic sleeve
gastroplasty is performed via an upper endoscopy without an incision.
Endoscopic sleeve
gastroplasties are intended for patients with a BMI greater than 30. Michigan
Medicine’s program was the first in the state to perform the procedure.
AspireAssist
The AspireAssist procedure involves
a tube device inserted into a patient’s stomach to drain (or aspirate) a
portion of its contents after meals.
The process, which takes five to 10
minutes, removes about 30 percent of each meal and is an outpatient procedure intended
for adults with a BMI of 35 to 55.
With consistent medical monitoring
by a physician and team of experts, aspiration therapy offers a long-term option for weight
loss.
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