It´s a soft silicon sphere that takes up space in the stomach limiting the amount of food, which causes an early satiety, that promotes weight loss.
Under a mild sedation, the patient goes to sleep, the soft silicon balloon is introduced by the mouth all the way to the stomach where is filled with saline solution and methylene blue. Size and permanence within the stomach will be according to the weight you want to lose.
The gastric balloon is a very useful tool to achieve weight loss goals but much of the success of this treatment lies in the modification of eating habits that we will try to teach our patients during their treatment.