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Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2014

01-06-2014 | Brief Communication

Is Conservative Management for Gastric Perforation Secondary to Intragastric Balloon Possible? Case Report and Review of Literature

Authors: Mohamed Bekheit, Wael Nabil Abdelsalam, Bruno Sgromo, Jean-Marc Catheline, Khaled Katri

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

Intragastric balloon (IGB) is one of the available options for the management of morbid obesity. The procedure is generally safe and of moderate efficacy in most of the cases. One of the reported complications of IGB is gastric perforation. The management of this complication is classically surgical. To our knowledge, conservative management for gastric perforation secondary to IGB has not been reported. A 27-year-old female patient presented with sudden abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant, 2 months after having an IGB placed. The provisional diagnosis was gastric perforation. Balloon extraction was performed and a conservative management of the gastric perforation was pursued successfully. We therefore propose that this sort of management might be adopted in carefully selected cases.
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Metadata
Title
Is Conservative Management for Gastric Perforation Secondary to Intragastric Balloon Possible? Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors
Mohamed Bekheit
Wael Nabil Abdelsalam
Bruno Sgromo
Jean-Marc Catheline
Khaled Katri
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1244-8

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