ENDOSCOPIC INSTALLATION OF INTRAGASTRONIC BALLOON
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If diet and exercise do not show the desired results, or if you have serious health problems due to excessive weight, they can be managed with bariatric surgery
Bariatrics is a set of changes in your digestive system that will help you lose weight.
One of the types of bariatric surgery is an intragastric balloon. The introduction of a balloon into the stomach is not an operation, the balloon is introduced during a regular gastroscopy. Being in the stomach and occupying a significant part of it, the balloon forces patients to eat significantly less. In addition to this, it is constantly stimulating the satiety receptors in the stomach, which has the effect of reducing your appetite.
The procedure is a non – invasive (non – operative) method of weight loss when diets and other weight loss methods are no longer effective.
Installation of an intragastric balloon is one of the minimally invasive methods of reducing body weight, which is widely used throughout the world.
AN INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON MAY BE AN OPTION FOR YOU IF:
- YOUR BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IS MORE THAN 28 UNITS AS A TREATMENT ON YOUR OWN. IN CASES WHEN IT IS TOO EARLY TO GO FOR A FULL BARIATRIC SURGERY, BUT OTHER WEIGHT LOSS FAILS
- YOU HAVE NOT HAD PREVIOUS STOMACH OR ESOPHAGUS SURGERY
CONSULTATION AND DIAGNOSTICS
AT THE GENESIS CLINIC IN LVIV!
To take into account all the nuances and make safe and effective decisions, a team of doctors from our clinic will work with the patient:
► Surgeon of the highest qualification category, bariatric surgeon, certified by the clinic "Behandelcentrum voor Overgewicht en Obesitas" and Bariatrich Centrum Zuid West Nederland, endoscopic surgeon — Kvit Adrian, 20 years of experience
► Surgeon of the highest qualification category, gastroenterologist, pancreatologist — Volodymyr Kunovsky, 35 years of experience
► Plastic surgeon, member of the International and Ukrainian Associations of reconstructive, plastic and aesthetic surgeons — Sigayev Evgen Borysovych, 23 years of experience
► Doctor nutritionist of the highest qualification category, member of the Association of Dietitians of Ukraine — Mushtruk Olga, 21 years of experience in the specialty of dietetics
► Endocrinologist of the highest qualification category, therapist — Marta Firchuk, 20 years of experience
► Psychotherapist — Sodomora Sofiya, 19 years of experience
► Doctor of dermatovenerology of the highest qualification category — Yaryna Zaichenko, 26 years of experience
► Gynecologist of the highest qualification category — Bil Iryna, 24 years of experience
► Cardiologist — Zalapska Vira, 7 years of experience
HOW THE PROCEDURE OF INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON ENDOSCOPIC INSTALLATION LOOKS LIKE ?
- Under the visual guidance of the endoscope, a silicone balloon is installed through the mouth, filling with a special solution. For the patient, the complexity of the technique is similar to a conventional gastroscopy (without surgical intervention under local anesthesia).
- Usually, the procedure can be carried out for about half an hour, so you can go home already 2 – 3 hours after the procedure is completed, or if you wish, you can stay at the Genesis clinic and rest in comfortable conditions under the supervision of a doctor. We have modern new wards, equipped with everything you need, with the ability to call for qualified medical personnel with a button.
- The balloon remains in the stomach for up to 6 months. During this time, a reflex of satiety with a smaller amount of food is produced and a persistent effect remains, and later the balloon is safely removed with the help of an endoscope through the mouth. Healthy eating habits remain in a person's life. An intragastric balloon will allow you to feel full faster than usual, which means that you will eat less and, accordingly, lose weight.
REHABILITATION PERIOD
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Treatment with an intragastric balloon remains easy and most patients almost do not feel the balloon during the entire time of its placement. Patients lead a normal life and can do physical exercises. At the same time, in the first 2 – 3 days after the installation of the balloon, most patients are concerned about nausea, vomiting, heartburn, excessive saliva production, heaviness in the stomach, which can be eliminated by medical treatment on the recommendation of our doctors. After some time, the stomach adapts to the balloon, and the indicated symptoms disappear.
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Also, in the first days after the procedure, it is very important to drink enough liquid and avoid solid food as well as alcohol, coffee, sweet and carbonated drinks. After the first two weeks, the human body will get used to it, and you can follow a regular meal plan.
WHEN THE RESULT WILL BE VISIBLE
AFTER INSTALLATION OF AN INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON ?
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The result after installing the balloon in the stomach becomes noticeable after 7 days.
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When reducing body weight, the patient's general well – being improves, the level of hormones that control appetite changes, the risk of cardiovascular diseases decreases, the metabolism increases, the blood sugar level decreases, and lightness in the joints is felt.
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The most important result is a new weight, a new body and restored health. Weight loss occurs at a normal pace for the body, and that weight does not return in the future.
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In the process of losing weight after the installation of an intragastric balloon, at the request of the patient, Genesis clinic specialists select a set of procedures for correcting the contours of the body and face. It can be both hardware techniques and plastic surgery.
PRICES
INSTALLATION OF AN INTRA – GASTIC BALLOON (PREMIUM PACKAGE) 2 500 $
CYLINDER EXTRACTION (CYLINDER REMOVAL) 20 000 UAH
*CALCULATION IS IN HRYVNA EQUIVALENT AT THE CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE
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