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- Dan Ruiz, Kelly Vranas, Davida A Robinson, Liberato Salvatore, James W Turner, and Talat Addasi.
- Department of Surgery, New York Hospital Queens, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, New York, NY 11355, USA.
- Obes Surg. 2009 Feb 1;19(2):257-60.
AbstractWe report a case of a 59-year-old female with esophageal perforation following endoscopic removal of an intragastric balloon. To our knowledge, this is the first case of esophageal perforation associated with intragastric balloon extraction reported in the English literature.
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