Conservative management of esophageal perforation following obesity surgery

CONTEXT: Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LASGB) is one of the several surgical techniques for treating patients with morbid obesity. Erosion and perforation in the gastric chamber caused by LASGB are rare complications that have already been described. There have not yet been any r...

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Main Authors: José Celso Ardengh, Carlos Eduardo Domene, Loana Heuko Valiati, Alexander Charles Morrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802006000600008&lng=en&tlng=en