Researchers Evaluate Bariatric Embolization As A Treatment For Severe Obesity.

reports that researchers found that “bariatric embolization – in which one or more arteries to the stomach are blocked with microspheres – led to promising one-year weight-loss in a pilot study of 20 patients with severe obesity.” In the “proof-of-concept study, patients who had an average of 67 kg (148 pounds) excess weight at baseline lost 11.5% of it 12 months following the procedure.” The findings were published online in Radiology. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2019182354?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&