WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GASTRIC BALLOON?

For a more effective weight loss process compared to diet and exercise, we recommend gastric balloon to our slightly or moderately overweight patients. Gastric balloon can also be applied to severely overweight patients who are afraid of surgery or to help patients to lose excessive weight before obesity surgery. 

Gastric balloon application takes 20 minutes at the endoscopy unit, while the patient is under a mild sedation anesthesia. A few hours after the procedure patients can get back to their work. Gastric balloons are resistant to the gastric acid and food particles, and they can be inflated with air or fluid. Gastric balloons can stay in the stomach for 6-12 months, by the end of this time they need to be extracted via endoscopy.

Gastric ballon will take up space in the stomach and this will lead to early saiety, delayed gastric emptying and weight loss. Within the first 24-48 hours after gastric balloon application nausea and vomiting may occur. After this period your body will adapt to the balloon. This procedure has a very low complication rate and considered as a safe method. 

When you stay motivated and keep up with the diet programme you may lose up to 17.8-24.4 kilograms. Weight loss process depends on your age, metabolic rate and comorbidities. Gastric balloon has a short term (6-12 months) effecacy and it is possible to gain weight afterwards.