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Intragastric Balloon

An intragastric balloon is a newer kind of weight-loss procedure. A saline-filled silicone balloon is placed in your stomach, which helps you lose weight by limiting how much you can eat. It also makes you feel fuller faster. This procedure is an option if you’re overweight or obese, and diet and exercise haven’t worked for you.Like other weight-loss procedures, an intragastric balloon requires commitment to a healthier lifestyle. You need to make permanent healthy changes to your diet and get regular exercise to help ensure the long-term success of the intragastric balloon procedure.

Gastric balloons (also called intragastric or stomach balloons) are temporary, removable devices that are placed in the stomach by endoscopy (through the mouth) and can remain for up to six months. Patients with a BMI above 30 are eligible for gastric balloons. Balloons help to achieve weight loss by taking up space in the stomach, thereby restricting food intake.

Advantages Of Treatment

Why Its Done?

The placement of an intragastric balloon helps you lose weight. Weight loss can lower your risk of potentially serious weight-related health problems, such as:

  • Heart disease and stroke
  • High blood pressure
  • Sleep apnea
  • Type 2 diabetes

An intragastric balloon and other weight-loss procedures or surgeries are typically done only after you’ve tried to lose weight by improving your diet and exercise habits.

Who Its For?
An intragastric balloon may be an option for you if:

  • Your body mass index (BMI) is between 30 and 40.
  • You’re willing to commit to healthy lifestyle changes and regular medical follow-up, as well as to participate in behavioral therapy.
  • You have not had any previous stomach or esophageal surgery.

Intragastric balloons aren’t the right choice for everyone who is overweight. A screening process will help your doctor see if the procedure might be beneficial for you.

The cost for placing and removing the gastric balloon is not usually covered by health insurance. Check with your health insurance plan or your regional Medicare or Medicaid office to find out if your policy covers the intragastric balloon and insertion procedure.

Benefits of gastric balloons

May be considered a middle ground between medications and surgery.
They offer the following advantages:

  • No medications
  • No surgery
  • Less expensive than surgical options
  • Devices are temporary and procedures are reversible
  • Available to patients who may not be eligible for weight loss surgery

An intragastric balloon and other weight-loss procedures or surgeries are typically done only after you’ve tried to lose weight by improving your diet and exercise habits.

Available to patients who may not be eligible for weight loss surgery