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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