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A rare case of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy causing a small bowel obstruction and subsequent bowel erosion
Gastrostomy tubes can be used to provide long-term nutrition and feeding when oral intake is not adequate. A rare but serious complication includes iatrogenic small bowel injury. The incidence of this is infrequent due to its position of the small bowel beneath the omentum, however, injury leading t...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018759 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy160 |