Jejunal Entrapment of a Gastric Balloon

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 930-

  Fleisher, Arlen ^a   Conti, Peter S ^a   Mccray, Richard S ^a   Nay, Howard R ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LETTER TO THE EDITOR; MORBID OBESITY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SURGERY; THERAPY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DILATATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 0023094107     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390070050019     Document Type: Letter

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