A rare sequela after a case of early bariatric surgery tourism

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Jan-Feb;11(1):e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.09.013. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

Authors

Antonio Gangemi¹, Alexandria Young², Enrique Fernando Elli³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General, Minimally Invasive, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: agangemi@uic.edu.
² College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of General, Minimally Invasive, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 25572770
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.09.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric tourism; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Device Removal
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
Gastroplasty*
Humans
Jejunum / injuries*
Medical Tourism*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / surgery*
Time Factors