Long-term adjustable gastric band with resultant megaoesophagus causing cardiac compression

Oesophageal dilatation following laparoscopic-assisted gastric banding (LAGB) is a well-described complication reported in up to 80% of LAGB patients [ 1, 2]. Severe oesophageal dilatation in addition to aperistalsis is known as megaoesophagus. Symptomatic compression cardiac compression from oesoph...

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Autores principales: De Silva, Ramesh, Pham, My, Devadas, Michael, Kiat, Hosen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34992765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab540

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