New Endoscopic Procedures Offer Alternative to 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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