In our experience, the gastric balloon can improve the conditions for laparoscopic surgery in super and in super, super obese patients. There was no conversion to open surgery. The effect of weight loss is much less than immediately after LAGB. However, after failure of all conservative treatments to reduce the preoperative body weight, the GBT seems to be the last possibility.
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