Colocutaneous fistula: A rare and silent complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-304

  Siddique, Ifran ^a   Krishnamurthy, Muthuswamy ^a   Choubey, Sudhendu ^a   Gudavalli, Prasad ^a   Bharathan, Thayyullathil ^a   Pachter, Bruce R ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colocutaneous fistula; Complications; Migration; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN FISTULA;

COLONIC DISEASES; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSCOPES; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0029869675     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02093819     Document Type: Article

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