Esophageal perforation after gastric balloon extraction. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We 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.

publication date

  • August 8, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Device Removal
  • Esophageal Perforation
  • Gastric Balloon
  • Obesity, Morbid

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 58649114915

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s11695-008-9605-9

PubMed ID

  • 18688687

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 19

issue

  • 2