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One day after laparoscopic gastric banding conversion to sleeve gastrectomy: sagittal plane of CT scan with obvious anterior cardial leak (red arrow).
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A CT-scan (Fig. 1) confirmed this diagnosis and suggested a gastrojejunal leak.
Radiographs of the migrated self-expandable gastric stent.
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An endoscopic extraction was not possible because of its ileal location (Fig. 2).
Laparoscopic removal of self-expandable gastric stent.
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Thus, we performed a laparoscopic extraction of the prosthesis six weeks after the sleeve gastrectomy (Fig. 3).