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F Vanden Eynden¹, P Urbain

¹Digestive Surgery Department, RHMS Louis Caty, Baudour, Belgium.

Obesity Surgery

|October 12, 2001

Abstract

Background:

The BioEnterics intragastric balloon device (BIB) is being used as an adjunct for treatment of obesity. This procedure may have complications, mainly related to the migration of the balloon in the bowel, with abdominal cramping before anal extrusion.

Methods:

We report a case of migration of a deflated BIB in the small bowel with obstruction. This device had been implanted 7 months earlier.

Results:

The plain radiograph and the CT scan confirmed the diagnosis, and the patient was operated with opening of the bowel for removal of the device and the impacted food. The whole procedure was done via laparoscopy. The patient left the hospital on the 7th postoperative day.

Conclusion:

We report a small bowel obstruction by migration of a deflated BIB.

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