Colocutaneous fistula — A rare complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 430-432

  Scapa, E ^a   Broide, E ^a   Slutzki, S ^a   Halevy, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colocutaneous fistula; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON FISTULA; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH WALL; SWALLOWING; TUBE FEEDING;

CASE REPORT; COLONIC DISEASES; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027438851     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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