 Gastric Balloon
"Gastric Balloon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inflatable device implanted in the stomach as an adjunct to therapy of morbid obesity. Specific types include the silicone Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble (GEGB), approved by the FDA in 1985, and the Ballobes Balloon.
| Descriptor ID |
D015905
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Balloon- Gastric Balloon
- Balloon, Gastric
- Balloons, Gastric
- Gastric Balloons
- Gastric Bubble
- Bubble, Gastric
- Bubbles, Gastric
- Gastric Bubbles
Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble- Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble
- Bubble, Garren-Edwards Gastric
- Garren Edwards Gastric Bubble
- Gastric Bubble, Garren-Edwards
Ballobes Balloon- Ballobes Balloon
- Ballobes Balloons
- Balloon, Ballobes
- Balloons, Ballobes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastric Balloon" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Chan CA, Aghababaie Z, Paskaranandavadivel N, Avci R, Cheng LK, Angeli-Gordon TR. Localized gastric distension disrupts slow-wave entrainment leading to temporary ectopic propagation: a high-resolution electrical mapping study. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2021 12 01; 321(6):G656-G667.
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