MARTINEZ OLMOS, Miguel Ángel    SENPE. Grupo de Trabajo OBESMINVA et al. Intragastric balloon: a review concerning alternative balloons compared to the classical ones (Bioenterics). []. , 31, 1, pp.84-91. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.1.8090.

Since de Tarpon Springs Consensus Conference in 1987, the Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon represents the standard model for obesity treatment with this technique. Nevertheless, over the last 30 years, especially for the last ten years, novel concept of balloons has appeared, as well as new alternative models, which are reviewed in this paper.

: Intragastric Balloon; Obesity; Treatment; Revision.

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