The Case of the Broken Linx® System in a Sleeve Gastrectomy Patient

Abstract

De novo breaking of the LINX system inside the patient’s body has not been reported. The LINX system was introduced in 2012 after FDA approval as a device to control reflux symptoms in the general population. Its use was expanded into the bariatric population in 2015. Until now the only complication known to occur due to the device itself is erosion into the esophagus. Our case report is the first to show the possibility of such break to occur in the connecting wire between the magnetic beads in a patient after sleeve gastrectomy without MRI exposure.