The medical team Endoluminal.com Surgery in Spain pioneered treatments such as POSE Method and European benchmark in the application of the latest endoscopic treatments for obesity as Aspire Assist Repair plastic or Gastric Bypass.
Obesity and overweight are an increasingly plastic common problem and the figures suggest that over 62% of the Spanish population is over-weight. To remedy this condition, there are possibilities diets agreed with nutritionists or use medical treatments. A traditional-obesity surgery gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, gastric tube ... - now adds another alternative: bariatric endoscopy.
Technological advances and research have allowed the development of new, efficient and innovative techniques in the fight to combat obesity. These endoscopic techniques are advantageous to the patient while effective in its mission to get reduce excess weight.
The medical team led by Dr. Jorge C. Espinós and Jesus Turró specializes in the treatment of obesity by endoscopic techniques. His team is a leader both nationally and internationally as Spain are pioneers in applying many of the techniques that fall within plastic the technical endoscopic treatment of obesity such as the intragastric plastic balloon, the POSE method or Therapy System Aspiration Aspire Assist. What does bariatric endoscopy in the treatment of obesity?
According to Dr. Turro, member of the medical team Endoluminal Surgery - "bariatric endoscopy techniques represent plastic an important advancement in obesity treatment. The range of options for treating obesity without resorting to surgery plastic is increasingly widespread. This facilitates the treatment of the disease itself, plastic as endoscopic techniques offer substantial benefits to patients to be minimally invasive surgery reduce postoperative plastic pain, reduce risks and complications and facilitate faster recovery; all this contributes to the fact that patients show less reluctant to treat your obesity problem by not having to undergo surgery "
The medical team was the first in Spain to apply the POSE method as a technique to treat obesity plastic and after the first 200 cases have been pioneers in publishing a report on an international level with the results. The unit led by Dr. Jorge C. Turro Espinós and Jesus was also a pioneer in the use of Gastric Balloon in Spain, a technique that has already treated more than 1,600 patients and has been confirmed as effective plastic for weight loss .
Other treatments included in the field of Bariatric Endoscopy are called the Apollo Method, the Aspire Assist, the intragastric balloon plastic Duo (double ball) or Endobarrier System, among others. They are about techniques performed endoscopically and feature the latest technology to achieve plastic its goal: Treat Obesity
"The technique of Aspire Assist is a great news for patients with a high body mass index. The procedure involves, endoscopically, plastic placed plastic in the stomach to a silicone tube will access port from outside the abdomen. This access port has a valve that can be opened or closed and control the contents of the stomach. Thus, the patient can empty after eating a portion of the stomach contents through the device that connects to the stomach through the access port. This is a very new treatment, are the first medical team in Spain in applying this technique and the third at the European level because so far only been implemented in countries such as the Czech Republic and Sweden. Experience with 9 patients being treated as very positive. In the U.S. has conducted several studies of patients with BMI between 35 and 49 who reported losses of more than 20 kilos in the first year or 49% of excess weight loss by Aspire Assist "adds plastic Dr. Jorge C.Espinós, member plastic of the medical team Endoluminal Surgery. Not only treating obesity, also "repair" plastic
The purpose of an intervention undergo obesity surgery such as the gastric bypass or gastric tube is to reduce the stomach's ability to achieve a feeling of satiety. These techniques have proven effective in combating plastic the disease but in some cases over the years, problems may occur such that over time the tube through which food passes from the small intestine to the end of the stomach has been dilated. This causes the patient no longer have that feeling of satiety and initial operation performed years ago, with the main objective is
