Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 1
Letter to the Editor
A new swallowable intragastric balloon (Elipse®). Coffee for everybody? The position of GETTEMO

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.5214/2017

Eduardo Espinet Coll, Javier Nebreda Durán, Gontrand López-Nava Breviere,

Abstract
Recently, the Elipse® swallow balloon with spontaneous evacuation has been incorporated. GETTEMO wants to position defending innovations in endoscopic treatment of bariatric patients, including this new gastric balloon. Any bariatric endoscopic procedure must always be done within a suitable protocol and in a Multidisciplinary Unit. In order to ensure maximum safety and to be able to effectively solve potential complications, in most of the cases a prior endoscopy should be required to rule out complications, the balloon must be implanted (or supervised) by a bariatric endoscopist and it is necessary to have an Endoscopic Emergency Department.
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Received: 04/08/2017

Accepted: 06/09/2017

Online First: 23/11/2017

Published: 12/01/2018

Article Online First time: 111 days

Article editing time: 161 days


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