Complications
Frequency* (n=180)
Spontaneous deflation
3 (1.66%)
Early retrieval non correlated to adaptation period symptoms
12 (6.66%)
Early retrieval due to prolonged adaptation period symptoms and rejection by the patient or impossibility in proceed the balloon down setting
2 (1.11%)
Malory Weiss syndrome
1 (0.55%)
Gastric Ulcer leading to early retrieval
1 (0.55%)
Gastric ulcer diagnosed during the treatment without the necessity to remove the balloon Gas production inside the balloon 5 (2.77%) 1 (0.55%)