BARIATRIC ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION AS TREATMENT FOR OBESITY: MECHANISMS USING HIGHLY CALIBRATED 50 MICRON EMBOLIC BEADS

Bariatric arterial embolization (BAE) is a new treatment for obesity. However, the mechanism of action is not well understood, including the effect of particle embolic size. Using a highly calibrated 50 µ X-ray-visible alginate embolic bead (XEB), we investigated the effect of BAE in immature swine