Bezoar gástrico como complicación de banda gástrica en manejo de obesidad mórbida: Caso clínico

• Claudio Cortés ^[2] ; Claudio Silva ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Clínica Alemana de Santiago Departamento de Imágenes
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 136, Nº. 11, 2008, págs. 1457-1459
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Gastric bezoar as complication of gastric banding: Report of one case
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  • Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is used for the management of morbid obesity. Phytobezoars are rarely reported as a complication of this operation and are usually extracted by endoscopic means. We report a 48 year-old male subjected to a gastric banding, that consulted for progressive dysphagia, six months after the operation. A barium meal x-ray examination demonstrated the presence of a bezoar that was dissolved in one week using papain. A control barium meal confirmed the disappearance of the bezoar .