Spontaneous hyperinflation of intragastric balloon: What caused it?

Endoscopy 2020; 52(05): 411-412
DOI: 10.1055/a-1034-7671

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Gontrand Lopez-Nava‡^*

¹Bariatric Endoscopy Unit, HM Sanchinarro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

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Ravishankar Asokkumar‡^*

¹Bariatric Endoscopy Unit, HM Sanchinarro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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Inmaculada Bautista

¹Bariatric Endoscopy Unit, HM Sanchinarro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

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Anuradha Negi

¹Bariatric Endoscopy Unit, HM Sanchinarro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

³Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

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