{"id":140,"date":"2013-12-13T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/dr\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2013-12-26T03:30:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T03:30:04","slug":"non-surgical-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/surgeries\/bariatric-metabolic-surgery\/non-surgical-procedures","title":{"rendered":"NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-383\" alt=\"placeholder\" src=\"http:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder-300x300.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/placeholder.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Endoscopic Intragastric Balloon Insertion &amp; Removal<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> The <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b>Intragastric Balloon<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> is not considered a permanent weight loss procedure.\u00a0 The intragastric balloon device can be used to provide initial weight loss in obese patients prior to definitive surgery to make it safer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> Under sedation, an inflatable balloon is placed in the stomach, under guidance and vision\u00a0using a gastroscope.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> All balloons are temporary, and need to be removed within 6 months.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> Most of the weight loss occurs in the first few months, and then slows down in most patients. Weight loss is variable but averages about 10% of initial weight at 6 months.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #34393a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Removal is the same as in insertion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Device: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b>BIB System\/Orbera<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endoscopic Intragastric Balloon Insertion &amp; Removal The Intragastric Balloon is not considered a permanent weight loss procedure.\u00a0 The intragastric balloon device can be used to provide initial weight loss in obese patients prior to definitive surgery to make it safer.\u00a0 Under sedation, an inflatable balloon is placed in the stomach, under guidance and vision\u00a0using a&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/surgeries\/bariatric-metabolic-surgery\/non-surgical-procedures\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":138,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-left-sidebar3.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/389"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dredwardoliveros.com\/droliveros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}