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Medicentro Electrónica
versión On-line ISSN 1029-3043
Resumen
HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, José. Left gastric artery embolization: a novel procedure for the treatment of obesity. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.1, e3256. Epub 01-Ene-2023. ISSN 1029-3043.
Introduction:
left gastric artery embolization is a novel, minimally invasive technique that is being investigated as an alternative method, often complementary, to control appetite and body weight by means of reducing the secretion of the ghrelin hormone.
Objective:
to describe the safety and efficacy of left gastric artery embolization as a therapeutic procedure for the treatment of obesity.
Methods:
a review of the relevant literature on the subject was carried out in the second semester of 2019. Pubmed and Google Scholar were used as scientific information search engines; 54 articles were reviewed, of which 36 were referenced.
Conclusions:
the safety and efficacy of left gastric artery embolization as a therapeutic procedure for the treatment of obesity was acceptable in most of the reviewed studies; the lack of evidence (few cases) and standardized protocols for this intervention require randomized clinical trials, with a larger sample of cases and over a longer period of time.
Palabras clave : gastric artery; obesity; obesity management.