Case report—successful management of acute buried bumper syndrome

Percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is often the preferred approach to addressing nutritional deficits in patients requiring long-term feeding access. Numerous major and minor complications may occur with PEG tube insertion; buried bumper syndrome is a rare, long-term outcome of PEG tube p...

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Autores principales: Gorji, Leva, Augusta, James, Elrod, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac007
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Sumario:Percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is often the preferred approach to addressing nutritional deficits in patients requiring long-term feeding access. Numerous major and minor complications may occur with PEG tube insertion; buried bumper syndrome is a rare, long-term outcome of PEG tube placement, comprising <2.4% of complications. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with laryngeal cancer whom developed acute buried bumper syndrome after PEG tube insertion which was managed successfully with surgical intervention.

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