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Case Reports
. 2009 Mar;19(3):393-6.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-008-9706-5. Epub 2008 Oct 2.

Gastric perforation and death after the insertion of an intragastric balloon

Ioannis Koutelidakis  1 , Dimitrios Dragoumis, Basilios Papaziogas, Aristidis Patsas, Alexandros Katsougianopoulos, Stefanos Atmatzidis, Konstantinos Atmatzidis
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Case Reports

Gastric perforation and death after the insertion of an intragastric balloon

Ioannis Koutelidakis et al. Obes Surg. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of a patient who presented with an acute abdomen 2 days after the insertion of an intragastric balloon system and discuss in detail the advantages and drawbacks of these devices in the therapy of morbid obesity. A 43-year-old morbidly obese man was admitted to the department of surgery in shock with a 2-h history of severe diffuse abdominal pain and the initial diagnosis of visceral perforation. The patient had been subjected to intragastric placement of an inflatable balloon 48 h prior to his presentation. Abdominal exploration revealed the presence of a large linear perforation in the fundus of the stomach.

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