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What is a gastric balloon?
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What is a gastric balloon?

A gastric balloon, also known as an intragastric balloon or a stomach balloon, is an inflated medical device that is inserted temporarily in the stomach to aid with weight loss. It is intended to assist patients to lose weight when diet and exercise have failed and surgery is not desired or indicated. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the gastric balloon.

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Gastric balloon is essentially a space occupying device, it almost looks like grapefruit, and it takes up space in the stomach, thereby reducing the ability of somebody to eat food, and this which in turn leads to weight loss.

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