Buried Bumper Syndrome with a Fatal Outcome, Presenting Early as Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement

Buried Bumper Syndrome with a Fatal Outcome, Presenting Early as Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance among patients who require prolonged tube-feeding support. A rather unusual complication of PEG placement is migration of the internal bumper through or into the abdominal wall. This was first described in 1988 and is called the bu...

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Main Authors: Anagnostopoulos G, Kostopoulos P, Arvanitidis D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
PEG
Buried bumper syndrome
Migration.
Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2003;volume=49;issue=4;spage=325;epage=327;aulast=Anagnostopoulos

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