A Magnetic Soft Endoscopic Capsule-Inflated Intragastric Balloon for Weight Management
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A Magnetic Soft Endoscopic Capsule-Inflated Intragastric Balloon for Weight Management
Overweight and obesity have been identified as a cause of high risk diseases like diabetes and cancer. Although conventional Intragastric Balloons (IGBs) have become an efficient and less invasive method for overweight and obesity treatment, the use of conventional tools such as catheter or endoscope to insert and remove the IGBs from the patient's body causes nausea, vomiting, discomfort, and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep39486