Gastric balloon or gastric sleeve?
Gastric balloons and gastric sleeve treatments are restrictive in that they decrease the stomach's capacity, which causes the body to feel satisfied more quickly and experience less hunger. You experience reduced hunger because they also lower the blood levels of ghrelin, the hormone that makes you feel hungry.
Gastric balloon surgery has the advantages of being temporary, safe and reversible. Unlike other weight loss surgeries, Allurion does not involve surgery, endoscopy or anesthesia. The entire procedure takes only 20 minutes. Gastric sleeve surgery is permanent and occasionally causes problems such as blood clots, infections and leakage. You may need to take regular vitamins after surgery.
Not everyone is a candidate for both operations. For a gastric balloon you need to have a BMI over 27, whereas for a gastric sleeve you need to have a BMI over 40.
Overall, the placement of the balloon is less problematic, and difficulties are less likely. Recovery is often delayed after more intrusive surgeries. The gastric sleeve is more likely to cause rapid weight reduction, but if you want to lose between 12 and 19 kg, you might think about the gastric balloon.
What are the types of gastric balloons?
Gastric balloon Allurion
You can take the allurion gastric balloon in pill form without sedation or endoscopy. After oral administration, the balloon expands in your stomach. Within 15 minutes the outpatient procedure is completed and the whole treatment process is over.
Following the Allurion balloon, it is safe and won't stay in your body permanently. You enroll in the lifestyle-focused program for around six months after the operation. Your body weight might decrease by 25% in 12 to 16 weeks on average. The balloon then degrades and spontaneously departs from your body.
Elipse (Swallowable) Gastric Balloon
Another oral device is the Ellipse gastric balloon. This gastric balloon differs from the others in that insertion and removal can be done without the need for endoscopy or anesthesia, and is made of higher quality components.
Your stomach will hold the Ellipse gastric balloon for, on average, 4 months. The balloon then empties in no more than 10 days after the valve at the mouth of the balloon opens. The body then excretes it spontaneously through a small membrane.
Orbera 365 Balloon
Your stomach is covered by the soft silicone orbera gastric balloon. Smaller meals start to fill you full since the stomach has less room due to this balloon. You will lose weight more quickly as a result. According to studies, this bubble offers three times the amount of weight reduction as only diet and exercise.
Without making an incision, this balloon is transferred from the mouth to the belly. In order to establish portion management, it stays in the stomach for six months and enables you to eat modest meals. A specialized crew will take the balloon out of your stomach after six months.
Balloon Spatz 3
To get over the drawbacks of previous gastric balloons, the spatz gastric balloon was created. Balloons often start to lose their effectiveness after four months on average. A product that can boost volume for the fastest weight reduction is the Spatz gastric balloon.
The Spatz gastric balloon's flexible shape makes it feasible to lessen intolerance by lowering its capacity. The overall body weight can be decreased by up to 30% with this gastric balloon.
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