Gastric Balloon

Gastric Balloon Surgery in Turkey

The weight loss devices in Turkey are medical interventions that do not permanently change your stomach or small intestine. They cause less weight loss than bariatric surgery, and are more targeted towards temporary usage and to help you learn to change your eating habits and physical activity levels.

The Gastric Balloon procedure in Turkey

The Intragastric Gastric Balloon in Turkey intervention depends on an endoscopic approach, in which Tour for Cure Weight Loss Physicians will insert an inflatable gastric balloon, or more than one, through your mouth and esophagus under the effect of sedatives. 

Then, once the gastric balloon is in your stomach, the physicians will start inflating it using a saline solution to take up some of the space in your stomach, which helps you feel fuller. 

The Gastric Balloon in Turkey is a reversible option to help you achieve a healthy diet and exercise plan.

These intragastric balloons can be installed using two approaches: the single and the dual. The dual gastric balloon, or the double bulb gastric balloon, which involves two gastric balloons connected together: one at the far end of the stomach, near its exit to the small intestine; and another at the entry from your esophagus. The role of the second gastric bulb at the exit of the stomach is to slow down food entry to the small intestine, allowing you to feel full for longer before you get hungry again.  

The Dual Gastric Balloon in Turkey is the most effective reversible option to help you achieve a healthy diet and exercise plan.

Types of Gastric Balloon in Turkey

There are two main types of intragastric balloons in Turkey, the endoscopic and the procedure-less. Both approaches take about 20 minutes to be performed, and about 4-5 hours in the hospital in total! 

Orbera: The Fixed Gastric Balloon in Turkey

This is the most commonly used Gastric Balloon in Turkey.  It depends on an endoscopic approach, in which Tour for Cure Weight Loss Physicians will insert an inflatable gastric balloon through your mouth and esophagus into your stomach, under the effect of sedatives, with no need for open surgery or any other invasive intervention. 

Then, once the gastric balloon is in your stomach, the physicians will inflate it using a saline solution to take up some of the space in your stomach, which helps you feel fuller. 

The Orbera Gastric Balloon in Turkey remains in your stomach for up to 6 months, and then is deflated and removed via another endoscopy.

The Spatz3 Adjustable Gastric Balloon in Turkey

Like that of Orbera, the installation of the Spatz3 Adjustable Gastric Balloon employs an endoscopic approach. Its most important feature is that its inflation can be easily adjusted along the way in a simple clinic visit.

The Spatz3 Adjustable Gastric Balloon in Turkey remains in your stomach for up to 12 months, and then is deflated and removed via another endoscopy.

The Allurion Gastric Balloon in Turkey

The third type of Gastric Balloons, Allurion (previously Elipse), is often termed the procedure-less intragastric balloon, as it employs a packaged capsule containing the balloon: You swallow the capsule, like usual medicine, and then Tour for Cure expert physicians inflate it. 

The Allurion Gastric Balloon in Turkey is designed to self-deflate and pass naturally into the toilet after approximately 16 weeks in you.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Gastric Balloon in Turkey

The advantages of the gastric balloon in Turkey are that it is very simple compared to the bariatric surgery options in Turkey, and also that it is 100% reversible. 

The disadvantage of the gastric balloon in Turkey is that it is a temporary solution that aims to help you make changes to your diet and exercise plans. The gastric balloon is usually removed after six months to a year.