One-year experience with Tantalus: a new surgical approach to treat morbid obesity

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 627 - 634
• Main Authors: Bohdjalian, Arthur, Prager, Gerhard, Aviv, Ricardo, Policker, Shai, Schindler, Karin, Kretschmer, Silke, Riener, Raphaela, Zacherl, Johannes, Ludvik, Bernhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.05.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Pressure; Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation; Electric Stimulation Therapy - methods; Electrodes, Implanted; Electrophysiology; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Hunger; Male; Muscle Contraction - physiology; Muscle, Smooth - physiopathology; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology; Obesity, Morbid - therapy; Satiety Response; Treatment Outcome; Weight control; Weight Loss

Increased caloric density in modern processed foods may be an important factor underlying the prevalence of obesity, because low-volume, high-caloric food intake may delay activation of volume-dependent gastric mechanical activity known to induce the feeling of fullness. We therefore hypothesized th...