ABSTRACT
The bariatric surgery is the most effective way of obesity treatment. The article describes an experience of placement of intragastric balloon as an additional method of treatment to diet and medicamentous therapy in one group of patients. At the same time, there was the other group, where intragstric balloons were placed before bariatric surgery as measure of preoperative preparation.
Subject(s)
Bariatric Surgery/methods , Gastric Balloon , Metabolic Syndrome/therapy , Obesity/therapy , Weight Loss , Body Mass Index , Humans , Metabolic Syndrome/complications , Obesity/complications , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
The data about metabolic syndrome (MS), characteristic for interrelationship of the main pathogenetic factors, are adduced. Along with positive moments, the faults of conservative therapy for MS are described, the indications for surgical treatment performance were substantiated and the results of its application in 220 patients, suffering severe forms of MS, were analyzed.
