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The Buried Bumper Syndrome: A Catastrophic Complication of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a safe and widely used method of providing enteral nutrition in patients unable to tolerate per oral intake. Common complications include gastrointestinal bleeding, dislodgment, perforation, abdominal wall abscess, and aspiration. “Buried bumper syndrome”...

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Autores principales: Satiya, Jinendra, Marcus, Akiva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183309
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4330