DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i10.007

Pages: 894-897

Obesity is one of the most important public health issues due to its prevalence and associated complications. Endoscopic treatment with the introduction of an intragastric balloon (BIG) is a temporary aid that helps achieve weight loss and changes in eating habits. The results are encouraging in terms of weight loss and improvement of comorbidity factors; but this technique, despite being spectacular, still exposes it to serious and fatal complications such as gastric perforation by compression of the wall. Our article has well treated this complication in terms of its rarity; its severity and pathophysiology which makes our work interesting to improve endoscopic techniques of ballooning and modifies the monitoring times.