Can You Believe It? How to Deal with an Intragastric Balloon Migration in the Pleural Cavity

Obes Surg. 2024 Sep;34(9):3506-3508. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07365-4. Epub 2024 Jun 19.

¹ Unit of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy. [email protected].
² Università Degli Studi Di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14-43126, Parma, Italy. [email protected].
³ Unit of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento Di Sanità Pubblica/Public Health, AUSL-IRCCS Tecnologie Avanzate E Modelli Assistenziali in Oncologia Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
⁵ Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.

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Keywords: Esophageal perforation; Intragastric balloon; Laparoscopy; Obesity.

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