Colocutaneous fistula as a complication of PEG tube placement

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-78

  Kilmartin, Cliona ^a   Brotzman, Gregory L ^b,d   Regan, Patrick ^c  

^a Martin Luther King Her Hlth Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d Columbia Family Care Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cutaneous fistula; Enteral nutrition; fistula; gastrostomy; PEG; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN FISTULA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA;

EID: 0029892997     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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