The Ellipse gastric balloon is a quick and easy weight loss technique without surgery, anesthesia or endoscopy.
What will the Ellipse weight loss process be like?
The specialist in the Nutrition Department of Dr. Any Ramirez’s Clinic, specialist in Aesthetic Medicine, will advise the patient on the intake of a capsule that will help in this weight loss. After the intake, the specialist will implement a nutritional plan, with the Elipse program, and a 100% personalized and very exhaustive follow-up, to monitor the progress and weight loss of the patient.
Who can use the Elipse™ gastric balloon?
Being overweight not only has an impact on a person’s appearance but also on our health. According to several studies, most of the available treatment options do not meet patients’ expectations, as they do not achieve the weight loss they want. The Elipse gastric balloon allows a gradual and steady weight loss.
With the Elipse program, the patient has a constant feeling of satiety that will allow him or her to easily lose 10 to 15 kilos. It is not only a gastric balloon but a feeding program that will help the patient to eat healthy and control food cravings.
Elipse does not require surgery, endoscopy or anesthesia.
The Elipse balloon has proven efficacy and safety and is placed on an outpatient basis. It is more than a gastric balloon, as it is a program to learn how to eat and take care of yourself in a healthy way.
How does the Elipse gastric balloon work?
The gastric balloon occupies a space in the patient’s stomach, inducing weight loss, delaying gastric emptying and reducing the amount of food ingested.
After 16 weeks of treatment with Elipse, patients lose an average of 10-15kg and, on average, 10-15% of their weight. As for the weight, it depends on how many kilos the patient needs to lose. Once the ideal weight is reached, it is maintained by getting used to a healthy nutrition.
What does the Ellipse placement consist of?
Once the patient is comfortable in a chair, we instruct him/her to swallow the capsule with the help of water. Once it is in the gastric cavity, an X-ray will be taken to check that the capsule is in the correct position.
Once the capsule reaches the stomach, the specialist will use the catheter to fill the balloon with a specific solution. A second X-ray is then taken to check that the balloon is full. At that time the physician will carefully remove the tube and the patient will begin the weight loss process. The balloon remains inside the stomach and the patient will eat less without feeling so hungry.
After 16 weeks the patient will eliminate the Ellipse balloon in a completely natural way through the digestive tract, without anesthesia, without surgery and without hospitalization.