GASTRIC BALLOON

  During this procedure, a silicone balloon is placed in the stomach and inflated with saline. It helps you lose weight by leaving less room in your stomach and making you feel full faster. 

• 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

 The patient is sedated, and a thin tube that carries the silicone balloon inside through the throat to the stomach. The surgeon then guides an endoscope through the throat, a small tube with a camera, to look at the silicone balloon as it is inflated with saline. When the balloon is inflated and sealed, the tubes are removed and the procedure is finished. It usually takes 30 minutes from start to finish, and patients go home the same day. The balloon is left inside for six months. Subsequently the balloon is removed with an endoscope.