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Case Reports
. 1989 May-Jun;12(3):164-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF02577383.

Percutaneous deflation of a gastric balloon: technical note

D R Mirich  1 , R R Gray, G B Haber
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Case Reports

Percutaneous deflation of a gastric balloon: technical note

D R Mirich et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1989 May-Jun.

Abstract

Gastric balloons have been used extensively as an adjunct to diet and behavioral modification in the treatment of exogenous obesity. Small bowel obstruction occurred in a 42-year-old female after her balloon migrated through the pyloric channel. The authors describe a simple method for percutaneous deflation which permitted the balloon to pass through the gastrointestinal tract thus relieving the obstruction.

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