Temporary Intervention: Dental Splinting and the Intragastric Bubble.

Authors

Claude P. Lieber MD, FACS
Ursula L. Seinige MD
Dahlia M. Sataloff MD
Hu A. Blake MD
Peter F. Rovito MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-1987

Abstract

Morbid obesity is a significant health problem in the United States today. This has resulted in an intensive investigation into temporary interventions for weight control. Dental splinting does not result in long-term weight loss because patients rapidly regain weight following release of jaw fixation. The Garren-Edwards intragastric bubble was equally ineffective in achieving weight loss and was fraught with numerous complications.

Volume

16

Issue

3

First Page

451

Last Page

460

ISSN

0889-8553

Published In/Presented At

Lieber, C. P., Seinige, U. L., Sataloff, D. M., Blake, H. 2., & Rovito, P. F. (1987). Temporary intervention: dental splinting and the intragastric bubble. Gastroenterology Clinics Of North America, 16(3), 451-460.

Disciplines

Other Medical Specialties | Surgery

PubMedID

3325426

LVHN link

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=3325426&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Department(s)

Department of Surgery Faculty

Document Type

Article