Minimally invasive treatment of a duodenal perforation after EndoBarrier® implantation
C Läßle, H Schwacha, J Grüneberger, K Karcz, UT Hopt, G Marjanovic, S Küsters · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2013 · Heft 08
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Zusammenfassung
Aims: According to the increasing incidence of overweight and the consequences like Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) it's necessary to improve the therapie of obsesity. The EndoBarrier® system is a Duodenal-Jejunal Implant, anchored in the duodenum, that prevents food from contacting the intestinal wall. It is proposed to have the comparable effects as gastric bypass surgery. In this case report we describe the complication of a duodenal perforation after EndoBarrier® implantation, and the minimally invasive treatment. In the literature theres is, to our knowlede no description of a comparable case. Case descript…
