Metabolic Outcomes in Obese Patients after Bariatric Embolization of the Left Gastric Vessel
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing rapidly in the modern world. Currently more than 600 million people are obese, over 2 billion people are overweight. By 2025, according to World Health Organization experts (WHO), the number of people with obesity will increase almost twofold and w...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/87651 |
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| Sumario: | The prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing rapidly in the modern world. Currently more than 600 million people are obese, over 2 billion people are overweight. By 2025, according to World Health Organization experts (WHO), the number of people with obesity will increase almost twofold and will make from 30 to 50 percent of the population in economically developed countries. Embolization of the left gastric artery is an innovative, minimally invasive method of treating obesity, which allows to reduce body weight six months after its implementation by 17–18% on average. This technique, long used in emergency medicine as a method to stop gastric bleeding, has a new potential in the treatment of obesity. In this manuscript we present a pilot study examining the effects of bariatric embolization of the left gastric artery on the parameters of fat and carbohydrate metabolism in obese patients. We also present a case report illustrating the weight loss and the metabolic benefits of the left gastric artery embolization. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-80355-909-4 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.112054 |