Intragastric balloon

The gastric balloon, also known as the intragastric balloon or stomach ballon, is a flexible and soft silicone sphere that is placed into the patient’s stomach through an endoscopy, in order to achieve weight loss for people with morbid obesity. Its a restrictive bariatric surgery procedure, focused in creating an…

read more

Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass, or gastric bypass surgery, is one of the techniques used in  bariatric surgery, that is, to treat morbid obesity, and it is a mixed type procedure: restrictive and malabsorptive. It is a technique most used in the US and in other countries, due to its low morbidity and…

read more

Sleeve Gastrectomy

A surgical intervention that is performed in order to restrict the patient’s stomach capacity. About 75% of the stomach is removed, so the patient will quickly be full, eat less food, and begin to lose weight. The stomach’s function is not altered at all, only its capacity. This procedure has…

read more