"Gastric Balloon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An inflatable device implanted in the stomach as an adjunct to therapy of morbid obesity. Specific types include the silicone Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble (GEGB), approved by the FDA in 1985, and the Ballobes Balloon.
| Descriptor ID |
D015905
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Balloon- Gastric Balloon
- Balloon, Gastric
- Balloons, Gastric
- Gastric Balloons
- Gastric Bubble
- Bubble, Gastric
- Bubbles, Gastric
- Gastric Bubbles
Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble- Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble
- Bubble, Garren-Edwards Gastric
- Garren Edwards Gastric Bubble
- Gastric Bubble, Garren-Edwards
Ballobes Balloon- Ballobes Balloon
- Ballobes Balloons
- Balloon, Ballobes
- Balloons, Ballobes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastric Balloon" by people in Profiles.
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Reply to Letter to the Editor in Response to "Elipse Balloon: the Pitfalls of Excessive Simplicity". Obes Surg. 2018 11; 28(11):3633.
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Fluid-Filled Versus Gas-Filled Intragastric Balloons as Obesity Interventions: a Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Obes Surg. 2018 09; 28(9):2617-2625.
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Intragastric balloon outcomes in super-obesity: a 16-year city center hospital series. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 11; 14(11):1691-1699.
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Elipse Balloon: the Pitfalls of Excessive Simplicity. Obes Surg. 2018 05; 28(5):1419-1421.
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The safety and efficacy of the procedureless intragastric balloon. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 03; 14(3):311-317.
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Systematic review of transgastric ERCP in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Jul; 13(7):1236-1242.
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Efficacy of intragastric balloon for the management of obesity: experience from Kuwait. Surg Endosc. 2016 Feb; 30(2):424-429.
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Complete small-bowel obstruction from a migrated intra-gastric balloon: emergency laparoscopy for retrieval via enterotomy and intra-corporeal repair. Obes Surg. 2014 Oct; 24(10):1830-2.