Cargando…

‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube

Inadvertent removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube shortly after placement creates the potential for gastric perforation and requires immediate attention. This problem has been addressed in the past with either observation or surgery. We describe our experience with the alternativ...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Soliman, Youssef, Kurchin, Alexander, Devgun, Surinder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1759853
_version_ 1783570797619576832
author Soliman, Youssef
Kurchin, Alexander
Devgun, Surinder
author_facet Soliman, Youssef
Kurchin, Alexander
Devgun, Surinder
author_sort Soliman, Youssef
collection PubMed
description Inadvertent removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube shortly after placement creates the potential for gastric perforation and requires immediate attention. This problem has been addressed in the past with either observation or surgery. We describe our experience with the alternative approach of semi-urgent ‘re-PEGing’. Our results in seven patients were favorable.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7426981
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Taylor & Francis
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-74269812020-08-25 ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube Soliman, Youssef Kurchin, Alexander Devgun, Surinder J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Perspective Inadvertent removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube shortly after placement creates the potential for gastric perforation and requires immediate attention. This problem has been addressed in the past with either observation or surgery. We describe our experience with the alternative approach of semi-urgent ‘re-PEGing’. Our results in seven patients were favorable. Taylor & Francis 2020-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7426981/ /pubmed/32850064 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1759853 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Perspective
Soliman, Youssef
Kurchin, Alexander
Devgun, Surinder
‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title_full ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title_fullStr ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title_full_unstemmed ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title_short ‘Re-PEGing’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of PEG tube
title_sort ‘re-peging’: an endoscopic approach to inadvertent early removal of peg tube
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1759853
work_keys_str_mv AT solimanyoussef repeginganendoscopicapproachtoinadvertentearlyremovalofpegtube
AT kurchinalexander repeginganendoscopicapproachtoinadvertentearlyremovalofpegtube
AT devgunsurinder repeginganendoscopicapproachtoinadvertentearlyremovalofpegtube