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Computed tomography abdomen pelvis, portal venous phase showing small bowel obstruction due to migrated intragastric balloon (blue arrow). (a) Axial view. (b) Coronal view.
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Computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed small bowel obstruction with a transition point in the mid small bowel due to the IGB (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
Intraoperative photo of IGB (red arrow) removed from small bowel via enterotomy performed.
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Enterotomy was created, and the balloon was milked back and retrieved in entirety (Figure 2).