Our treatment againt obesity
Discover our solutions to the problems of obesity
Obesity is a danger to the patient’s health and quality of life.
In order to treat all the stages of obesity in a safe and effective manner, Helioscopie has developed minimally-invasive, reversible medical implants that are comfortable for the patient and suited to the expectations of healthcare professionals.
Everything you need to know about obesity
Our non-surgical treatments
Find out more about gastric balloons
Our reversible surgical treatments
Our recommendations
Our recommendations regarding our non-surgical treatments
Our recommendations regarding our reversible surgical treatments
- Advice for patients with gastric bands
- The golden rules
- Obesity: change is in your hands (HELIOGAST)
- Who can benefit from an adjustable gastric band implant
- What are the contraindications to an adjustable band implant
- Preparation before the procedure
Key figures
- More than 60,000 gastric bands implanted in the world
- More than 15,000 intragastric balloons implanted in the world
- 20% of sales is put towards research and development
- More than 1500 practitioners trained in the use of Helioscopie devices
FAQ
All the answers to your questions : find them here
Our studies and publications
Studies and publications: non-surgical treatments
- Sciumè C. Annali Italiani di Chirurgica, 2009 mar-apr; 80(2) : 113-7 - Role of intragastric air filled ballon (Héliosphère bag) in severe obesity. Personal experience - Read the Article
- Trande P et al. Obesity Surgery, 2008 dec 10 - Efficacy, tolerance and safety of new intragastric air-filled balloon (Héliosphère bag) for obesity: the experience of 17 cases - Read the Article
- Mion F et al. Obesity Surgery, 2007; 17: 764-769 - Tolerance and efficacy of an air-filled balloon in non-morbidly obese patients: results of a prospective multicenter study - Read the Article
Studies and publications: surgical treatments
- Lattuada et al. - Obesity Surgery, 2006, 16, 1155-1159. Histologic Study of Tissue Reaction to the Gastric Band: Does it contribute to the Problem of Band Erosion? Read the article
- Wasserberg et al. - Obesity Surgery, 2003,13, 780-3. Laparoscopic repositioning of Heliogast gastric band after anterior slippage. Read the article
