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Precluding factors

Balloon placement is a medical procedure and not performed for cosmetic reasons. Patients with BMI of less than 30 are ineligible except in special cases.

Other precluding factors are:

• Inflammation of digestive tract, e.g., oesophagitis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, Crohn’s disease

• Digestive malignancy

• Evidence of potential sources of bleeding in the digestive tract, e.g., varicose oesophageal veins and teleangiectasias.

• Large oesophageal hernias and severe Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Throat and oesophageal strictures and diverticula

• Other medical conditions preventing upper GI tract gastroscopy

• Serious mental disorders, alcoholism and/or drug dependence

• Lack of self-discipline causing failure to comply with a doctor’s recommendations

• Regular use of aspirin, other anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids and anticoagulants

• Pregnancy and lactation