Prospective Study Of The Procedure-less Intra-gastric Elipse Balloon: Is It Effective & Safe?

"Obesity prevalence is increasing worldwide, and Kuwait is currently considered to be the country with the most obese population1. Accordingly, standardization of the weight loss procedures has been made according to the Body Mass Index (BMI), keeping the more advanced surgeries for class II obesity (BMI 35- 39.9) and above, with consideration of other factors like, for example, obesity-related comorbidities. For those patients whom considered in the category of overweight (BMI = 25- 29.9) \& class I obesity (BMI 30- 34.9), after failure of diet attempts, the weight loss options are limited. Of the highly requested options are the various types of intra-gastric balloons. Conventional endoscopic gastric balloons have proven to be safe and effective, with Excess Weight Loss (%EWL) of 25-50%2. A new swallowable gastric balloon, named Elipse, has been launched recently in Kuwait and became highly popular due to its unique concept of being procedure-less."