Small intestine gastric balloon impaction treated by laparoscopic surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 646-648

  Eynden, Frédéric Vanden ^a   Urbain, Pierre ^a  

^a C H R Haute Senne   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastric balloon; Intestinal obstruction; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 0034807531     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/09608920160556913     Document Type: Article

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