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Cyclopath
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Cyclopath
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 Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:32 pm |
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This is a little bit shocking.
To place the device, a surgeon makes a tiny incision and endoscopically puts a tube in the patient’s stomach, which is attached to a “disk-shaped port that lies outside the body,” according to the statement. To drain the contents of the stomach, a person should wait twenty or thirty minutes after they eat, and then attach an external connector to the port and open the valve.
According to the statement, 30 percent of the calories consumed during a meal can be removed by the device, which takes five-to-ten minutes to drain the food from the stomach into the toilet.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/06/15/fda-obesity-weight-loss-aspire-assist-device-pump-food-stomach/85915870/
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moonspots
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Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:03 pm |
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| Cyclopath wrote: | | This is a little bit shocking.
[i]To place the device, a surgeon makes a tiny incision... |
Ah, nevermind.....no comments needed from me....
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Randito
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Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:52 pm |
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How is the actually better that bulimia -- other than generating fees for the device maker and the surgeon?
The device has got to cost more and carry more risk that a set of dental implants to replace the teeth eroded by all the puking.
Eating disorders on that scale are a serious problem that need to be treated, but I think dealing with the psychological issues directly instead of enabling a person to eat 30% more calories per meal is a more sound approach.
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tigermn
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Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:20 pm |
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| Quote: | | The device requires frequent trips to the doctor to shorten the tube as the patient loses weight, and has a safety feature that automatically stops working after 115 cycles, to ensure patients actually do make it to their healthcare professional.
Clinical trials show that after one year, patients who used AspireAssist lost 12.1% of their total body weight, compared to 3.6% of patients in the control group. |
3.6% vs 12.1%......
Based on that I don't know how frequent the trips would have to be to shorten the tube...
That doesn't seem like THAT much of a difference and certainly not worth something as flaky as a device like this.
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Cyclopath
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Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:14 am |
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| RandyHiker wrote: | | How is the actually better that bulimia -- other than generating fees for the device maker and the surgeon? |
Good question! Turns out it's actually pretty different:
No esophageal damage.
The article says people who get this device will be required to have constant, close medical supervision.
We're talking about a treatment for people with a BMI over 35. Not for underweight people who want to be skinnier.
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contour5
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Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:38 pm |
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Is this the "One Weird Trick" that the insurance companies don't want us to know about?
Seems like a bass ackwards, counter-intuitive, messy and dangerous approach to solving an eating disorder...
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