Gastric perforation in an obese patient with an intragastric balloon, following previous fundoplication

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 658-660

  Giardiello, Cristiano ^a   Cristiano, Stefano ^a   Cerbone, Maria Rosaria ^a   Troiano, Ersilia ^a,b   Iodice, Giuseppe ^a   Sarrantonio, Gennaro ^a  

^a Hospital S Maria della Pieta Casoria   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fundoplication; Gastric perforation; Intragastric balloon; Morbid obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; STOMACH PERFORATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; STOMACH;

EID: 0042627991     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322190925     Document Type: Article

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