• Obesity surgery · Aug 2009

    Case Reports

    Gastric perforation during removal of an intragastric balloon.

    • Pablo del Pozo, Benito Flores, Ramon Lirón, Bruno Andrés, Juan Gervasio Martin-Lorenzo, Silvia Chacón, Pilar Esteban, and Jose Luis Aguayo-Albasini.
    • General Surgery Department, Hospital Morales Meseguer, C/ Marqués de los Velez, s/n, 30008, Murcia, Spain. pablodelpozo_@hotmail.com
    • Obes Surg. 2009 Aug 1;19(8):1195-6.

    AbstractThe intragastric balloon system is licensed for temporary use in moderately obese patients who have significant health risks related to their obesity and have failed to achieve and maintain significant weight loss with a supervised weight control program alone. Although intragastric balloons are advocated as safe devices, major complications have been described. We report a case of a gastric perforation during the removal of an intragastric balloon. This is the first case reported in the literature.

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