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Descriptor English: Gastric Balloon
Descriptor Spanish: Balón Gástrico
Descriptor globo gástrico
Entry term(s) balón de Ballobes
balón gástrico
burbuja gástrica
burbuja gástrica de Garren-Edwards
Scope note: Dispositivo inflable implantado en el estómago como adyuvante del tratamiento de la obesidad mórbida. Tipos específicos son la burbuja gástrica de Garren-Edwards, de silicona (BGGE), aprobada por la FDA en 1985, y el globo de Ballobes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Balão Gástrico
Descriptor French: Ballon gastrique
Entry term(s): Ballobes Balloon
Ballobes Balloons
Balloon, Ballobes
Balloon, Gastric
Balloons, Ballobes
Balloons, Gastric
Bubble, Garren-Edwards Gastric
Bubble, Gastric
Bubbles, Gastric
Garren Edwards Gastric Bubble
Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble
Gastric Balloons
Gastric Bubble
Gastric Bubble, Garren-Edwards
Gastric Bubbles
Tree number(s): E07.430
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015905
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: note category: an inflatable device; do not confuse with digestive gases; used in ther of morbid obesity: note XR & do not coord with OBESITY, MORBID unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Balloon Dilatation (1988-1989)
Dilatation (1980-1987)
Implants, Artificial (1987-1989)
Intubation, Gastrointestinal (1974-1979)
Obesity (1977-1987)
Obesity, Morbid (1987-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 98; was GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97; GASTRIC BALLOON was see GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97
History Note: 98; was GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97; GASTRIC BALLOON was see GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97
DeCS ID: 24664
Unique ID: D015905
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/15
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Gastric Balloon - Preferred
Concept UI M0024341
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Gastric Balloon
Entry term(s) Balloon, Gastric
Balloons, Gastric
Bubble, Gastric
Bubbles, Gastric
Gastric Balloons
Gastric Bubble
Gastric Bubbles
Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble - Narrower
Concept UI M0024340
Preferred term Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble
Entry term(s) Bubble, Garren-Edwards Gastric
Garren Edwards Gastric Bubble
Gastric Bubble, Garren-Edwards
Ballobes Balloon - Narrower
Concept UI M0024339
Preferred term Ballobes Balloon
Entry term(s) Ballobes Balloons
Balloon, Ballobes
Balloons, Ballobes



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