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01-11-2020 | Coronavirus | Letter to the Editor

Gastric Occlusion due to the Intragastric Balloon Displacement in the Era of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Operative Management: a Case Report

Authors: Giuliano Riccardo Sarro, Virginia Ceccarossi, Elisa Arborio, Marco Bindi, Vincenzo Tripodi, Umberto Rivolta, Giuseppe Ursini, Matteo Marconi

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 11/2020

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Obesity is one of the most widespread health problems worldwide. Intragastric balloons (IGB) are considered safer, mini-invasive treatments to induce weight loss [1, 2] in obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) > 30. As other mini-invasive surgical treatments, the use of IGB is not free from possible complications. …

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Title: Gastric Occlusion due to the Intragastric Balloon Displacement in the Era of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Operative Management: a Case Report
Authors: Giuliano Riccardo Sarro
Virginia Ceccarossi
Elisa Arborio
Marco Bindi
Vincenzo Tripodi
Umberto Rivolta
Giuseppe Ursini
Matteo Marconi
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Coronavirus
Endoscopy
SARS-CoV-2
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04744-5

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