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Endoscopic methods for weight loss

Endoscopic methods for weight loss
Endoscopic methods for weight loss

These types of methods do not need any cuts in the skin. After you are under flexible tools, anesthesia, and tools inserted by your mouth and down the throat into your stomach. Common methods consist of:

  • Intragastric balloon for loss of weight: in this method, doctors put a small balloon into the stomach. The balloon is then filled with water to lower the space amount in the stomach, so you might have the feeling of fullness and eat less.
  • Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: this method consist of putting stitches in the stomach to lower the food amount and the liquid in the stomach might hold at each time. By the time, drinking and eating fewer aids the normal weight reduction in an individual.