| Literature DB >> 18688687 |
Dan Ruiz1, Kelly Vranas2, Davida A Robinson1, Liberato Salvatore3, James W Turner4, Talat Addasi5,6.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18688687 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9605-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129