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Acute dysphagia: an unusual treatable cause.

Mathers J, Banerjee A, Mbamalu D

Emergency Department, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 8JL, UK.

Bariatric surgery is a rapidly expanding surgical sub-speciality, with a large proportion of the relevant surgical procedures being performed in the private sector. Acute complications of newer surgical procedures can lead to emergency department presentation, with which the staff may be unfamiliar. A 34-year-old woman was seen in the emergency department with acute total dysphagia following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, which was treated successfully by a simple bedside procedure.

Published 23 October 2007 in Emerg Med J, 24(11): 802.
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