Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Energy-based devices (EBD) have been used as a treatment for abdominal obesity, although its effects on visceral fat are not well known.

Methods: Twenty patients with abdominal obesity were treated with EBD (10 sessions of 60 minutes, and 20 minutes with capacitive and resistive electrodes temperature 45 ° C). We analysed anthropometric changes; visceral and subcutaneous fat was quantified by magnetic resonance imaging and blood samples were taken at the beginning and end of treatment.

Results: at the end of the treatment period, patients significantly reduced waist circumference, systolic blood pressure levels and visceral and subcutaneous fat mass (P<0.05). In addition, leptin levels, basal insulinemia and HOMA-IR index (P<0.05) were also reduced. No adverse effects were reported.

Discussion: The results present a window into the possibility of reducing visceral fat with improved metabolism. The follow-up of a patient who has attended re-evaluation shows that the effects are maintained over time.

Conclusions: EBD is a safe and effective method to reduce subcutaneous and visceral fat in abdominal obesity, with the consequent improvement of the metabolic profile. This can be a novel and non-harmful tool to reduce abdominal fat. Opening a new perspective for the treatment of obesity