Intragastric Obesity Balloon's Mysterious Vanishing In the Dark Alleys: Two Cases And Review Of the Literature
Abstract
The morbidity and mortality associated with obesity have been known since the time of Hippocrates. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and becomes a more serious medical, social, and economic problem recently. Lifestyle modification and pharmacotherapy have limited benefit. Bariatric surgery is an effective method of durable weight reduction with risks of life treating complications. Less invasive, safer and cheaper endoscopic therapies may be an alternative to surgery. The intragastric obesity balloon is a popular tool performed worldwide Intestinal obstruction due to migration of deflated balloon is a rare but life-threatening complication of this procedure.
Keywords
deflated balloon,intragastric balloon complication,luminal obesity treatment
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