Buried bumper syndrome: a rare complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Feeding via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the preferred form of alimentation when oral feeding is impossible. Although it is a relatively safe method, some complications may occur. One uncommon PEG complication is buried bumper syndrome. In this paper we report a case of buried bumper...

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Autores principales: Kurek, Krzysztof, Baniukiewicz, Andrzej, Świdnicka-Siergiejko, Agnieszka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4653255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649105
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2015.54056
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Sumario:Feeding via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the preferred form of alimentation when oral feeding is impossible. Although it is a relatively safe method, some complications may occur. One uncommon PEG complication is buried bumper syndrome. In this paper we report a case of buried bumper syndrome, successfully managed with PEG tube repositioning.

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