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A Rare Case of an Incidental Near-Complete Gastric Band Erosion Without Perforation

Laparoscopic gastric banding has been favored for the treatment of morbid obesity because it is minimally invasive, effective, and reversible. One of the complications is gastric band erosion which can cause abdominal pain, hematemesis, and hematochezia. Erosions can be partial and can lead to intra...

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Autores principales: Wong, Vincent, Choi, Catherine, Qiu, He, Kaye, Alexander, Wang, Weizheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9250810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35795501
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25636