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Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Air-Filled Intragastric Balloon
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Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Air-Filled Intragastric Balloon

Zafer S. Matar, Abbas A. Mohamed, Muhammad Abukhater, Mobarak Hussien, Fawaz Emran and Nadeem A. Bhat
Obesity surgery, Vol.19(12), pp.1727-1730
01/12/2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-009-9880-0
PMID: 19533259

Abstract

Case Report Medicine Medicine & Public Health Surgery
Intragastric balloons have gained popularity in the management of morbid obesity. Although the procedure of insertion is easy and is generally accepted by patients, a few complications can occur. We report a case of small bowel obstruction caused by spontaneous deflation and forced passage of an air-filled intragastric balloon into the small bowel.

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