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Participants reported lowered appetite and loss of their initial body weight an average of 3.6%
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Doctors froze a nerve called the posterior vagal trunk in 10 people who were significantly overweight.
Entire procedure took about 30 minutes, was painless, without any side effects.
Nerve regrows at about one millimetre per day and will fully grow back after eight to 12 months.
Research was presented at Society of Interventional Radiology’s 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting.
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Interventional Radiologist at Emory University, Obesity Specialist, Pain Proceduralist, and Author.
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