Journal: Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

Article Title: Gastric wall changes after intragastric balloon placement: a preliminary experience.

PMID/MRN: 27679949

Publication Date: 2016-09-29

Abstract:

: to evaluate the thickness of the gastric wall at the time of intra gastric balloon (IGB) placement, at the time of its withdrawal and one month after withdrawal. : fifteen morbidly obese patients underwent the introduction of IGB under general anesthesia. In all patients, there was infusion of 500ml of distilled water in the balloon for the test. Measurements of the thickness of the gastric wall were made in the antrum, body and proximal body, using a radial echoendoscope with a frequency of 12MHz and maximum zoom, and its own balloon inflated with 5ml of distilled water. : the presence of IGB led to increased wall thickness of the gastric body by expanding the muscle layer. These changes were apparently transient, since 30 days after the balloon withdrawal there was a tendency to return of the wall thickness values ??observed before the balloon insertion. : the use of intragastric balloon for the treatment of obesity determines transient increase in the wall thickness of the gastric body caused by expanded muscle layer. avaliar a espessura da parede g‡strica no momento do posicionamento do bal‹o intrag‡strico (BIG), no momento de sua retirada e um ms ap—s a retirada. quinze pacientes obesos m—rbidos foram submetidos ˆ introdu‹o de BIG sob anestesia geral. Em todos os pacientes foi feita infus‹o de 500 ml de ‡gua destilada e o bal‹o foi insuflado com 5ml de ‡gua destilada. As medidas da espessura da parede g‡strica foram feitas no antro, corpo e corpo alto utilizando-se um ecoendosc—pio radial com frequncia de 12MHz e zoom m‡ximo. a presena do BIG levou ao aumento da espessura da parede do corpo g‡strico pelo aumento de espessura da sua camada muscular. Estas altera›es s‹o aparentemente transit—rias j‡ que ap—s 30 dias da retirada do bal‹o existiu uma tendncia de retorno da espessura da parede aos valores observados antes do seu posicionamento. a utiliza‹o do bal‹o intrag‡strico para tratamento da obesidade determina aumento transit—rio da espessura da parede do corpo g‡strico causado pelo aumento da camada muscular.