New informative blog about the technique of reduction of stomach by mouth for the treatment of obesity.

Spain, 2011-September Obesity has become a serious disease in Western societies; Excess weight is estimated that it affects 52.7% of Spanish adults and obesity to 15% of the population Spanish over 18 years of age.

Since recently there is a new treatment to combat obesity; This is the so-called surgery Endoluminal, a surgical technique that reduces the stomach via endoscopic without incisions or scars bringing substantial benefits to patients.

Given that it’s a technique, one of the medical equipment pioneers in Spain in carrying out this type of intervention – the medical equipment of therapies of the obesity – has launched a new informative blog (see) in which it will be widely all information related to this new technique to combat obesity.

Surgical treatment called POSE (Primary Obesity Surgery Endoluminal or Endoluminal primary surgery for obesity), allows, thanks to the technical tools of last generation, reducing the capacity of the stomach by mouth without having to open any path. The endoscopic procedure consists in make folds in the stomach and suture them thereby reducing its size., the stomach’s ability is limited and the patient has a high satiety eating a small amount of food.

In Europe and USA 74 interventions using POSE with highly satisfactory results have been: average reduction of 32% of excess weight during the first 6 months after the operation.

Any doubt about the technique itself, the experience of the patients, etc.. There will be others of the content available through the blog http://cirugiaendoluminalobesidad.blogspot.com.

Thanks to this initiative, people with obesity will have all the necessary information about this new technique aimed at combating the disease.