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Descriptor English:
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Gastric Balloon
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Balón Gástrico
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Balão Gástrico
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Synonyms English:
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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
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Tree Number:
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E07.430
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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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
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History Note English:
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98; was GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97; GASTRIC BALLOON was see GASTRIC BUBBLE 1990-97
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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24664
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Unique Identifier:
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D015905
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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