New technique for endoscopic removal of intragastric balloon placed for treatment of morbid obesity

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 658-662

  Galloro, Giuseppe ^a,b   Sivero, Luigi ^a   Magno, Luca ^a   Diamantis, Giorgio ^a   Pastore, Antonio ^a   Karagiannopulos, Paris ^a   Inzirillo, Maurizio ^a   Formisano, Cesare ^a   Iovino, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Intragastric balloon; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROSCOPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250624061     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9110-6     Document Type: Article

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