Small intestine gastric balloon impaction treated by laparoscopic surgery.
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.


CONCLUSIONS
We report a small bowel obstruction by migration of a deflated BIB.
Vanden Eynden
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Digestive Surgery Department, RHMS Louis Caty, Baudour, Belgium.
Urbain
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D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015905:Gastric Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography