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ArticleClinical practice and cases in emergency medicine2024

Burst that Bubble. Gastric Perforation from an Ingested Intragastric Balloon: A Case Report.

Miriam Martinez, Khristopher Faiss, Neha Sehgal

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Article in Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Advances and future directions in endoscopic bariatric therapies.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Miriam MartinezTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Department of Emergency Medicine, El Paso, Texas.
Khristopher FaissTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Department of Emergency Medicine, El Paso, Texas.
Neha SehgalTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Department of Emergency Medicine, El Paso, Texas.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMore than 40% of Americans are considered obese, resulting in annual healthcare costs estimated at $173 billion. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 31-year-old, obese male who presented to the emergency department for abdominal pain approximately 10 weeks after the ingestion of an inflatable balloon for weight loss treatment in Mexico. He was found to have a gastric perforation and required an emergent exploratory laparotomy.

conclusionWhile ingestible, weight-loss balloons are not yet commercially available in the United States, emergency physicians may still encounter complications of such devices.

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PMID39704579
PMCPMC11661254

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