FDA: Intragastic Weight-Loss Balloons May Overinflate, Cause Acute Pancreatitis

(February 13, 2017, 10:33 AM EST) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 9 said it has received multiple adverse event reports about fluid-filled intragastric weight-loss balloons spontaneously overinflating or causing acute pancreatitis, requiring removal....

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