title: [Minimally invasive emergent techniques in obesity treatment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity is a chronic disease for which several modalities of treatment are investigated today. One of them is the set of minimally aggressive techniques that have been added to the intragastric balloon.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the minimally invasive techniques described in the last years for the treatment of obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  It consisted in reviewing the bibliography through the habitual finders, in addition to the obtained data of the companies. They are classified in restrictive and malabsortive, and the restrictive are divides in mechanical or functional restriction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between mechanical restrictive the classified as we included in the restrictive emergent techniques the adjustable intragastric balloon, the intragastric prosthesis, the vertical endoluminal gastroplasty and the transoral gastroplasty. In order to obtain a functional restriction, we have the gastric pacemaker and the botulinic toxin. And finally, the endoluminal duodenojejunal bypass is described as a malabsortive technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With less than 10 years of existence, it seems that the described techniques compensate their smaller effectiveness compared to the surgical techniques, with the absence of substantial modifications in the anatomy of the alimentary tract. None of these techniques is free of risks and complications.
authors.affiliation: H. Fuenlabrada, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cáncer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Abilés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abilés
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Olmos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bretón
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peláez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Álvarez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Culebras
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mazure
mesh_terms: D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins