Introduction:

obesity is a high-mortality pandemic. Its treatment is multidisciplinary and is based on lifestyle changes with limited benefit. The use of intragastric devices is a treatment for weight loss, especially when the patient is unfit or denies surgery.

Objective:

to evaluate the results of treatment with the intragastric device Spatz-3® in a period of 12 months.

Material and methods:

a longitudinal study is carried out to evaluate the efficacy of the intragastric device Spatz-3® in a private endoscopic center in northern Mexico; and 27 female patients were analyzed between January 2019 and December 2021.

Results:

an average decrease in total weight of 14.2 kg (14.6% of total body weight and 37.6% of excess weight lost) was observed at 12 months. Despite a lower effectiveness than that reported in surgical treatment, DIG has a higher effectiveness compared to conservative interventions based on changing the patient’s lifestyle.

Conclusion:

the intragastric device Spatz-3® showed a considerable reduction in total weight, being also a method with a lower rate of complications and completely reversible.

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