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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographic references available regarding obesity treatments: Intragastric Balloon and Adjustable Gastric Band
  • Intragastric Balloon:
  • Genco A, Bacci V, Basso MS: Tratamiento con Balón Intragástrico para la obesidad. (sólo disponible en inglés): Intragastric Balloon for the Treatment of Obesity. Obesity Surgery 2002.
  • Herve J, Wahlen CH, Bastens B, y colab. Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon: ¿ Una solución no agresiva para el tratamiento de la obesidad?- Obesity Surgery 2001.
  • Scherpenisse J. Resultados Clínicos con el Balón Intragástrico. Presentación durante el taller sobre obesidad 2002.

  • Adjustable Gastric Band:
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)/American College of Endocrinology (ACE), Obesity Task Force. Endocr Pract. 1998; 4: 297-300.
  • Executive Summary: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of obesity (Update and Re-appraisal). The Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures-Surgical (ASERNIPS) 2002: 1. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery like the surgery, is associated with a men short-term mortality rate or around 0,05% for Gastric By-Pass and 0,31% for Vertical Banded Gastroplasty.
  • Rubenstein R. Obes Surg 2002;12: 380-384
  • Ren et al. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Surgical Technique.J of Laparoend & Adv Surg Techniques 2003; 13 (4): 257-263
  • Belachew et al. Long Term Results of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Obes Surg 2002: 12: 564-568
  • O´Brien et al. Weight loss and early and late complications- the international experience. Am J Surg 2002; 184: 42S-45S
  • Favretti et al. Laparoscopic: A 7 year Experience Involving 830 Patients (Abstract). Obes Surg 2001;11: 160
  • Dargent J. Laparascopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Lessons from the first 500 Patients in a Single Institution. Obes Surg 1999; 9: 446-452
  • Fielding G. Experience with 620 Cases over Forty-Five Months Abstract. Obes Surg 2000; 10: 143
  • O´Brien et al.: Outcomes and results. J of Laparoend & Adv Surg Techniques 2003;13 (4): 265-270