Is the buried bumper syndrome a buried problem? Personal experience about a different therapeutic approach and prevention possibilities

Rivista Italiana di Nutrizione Parenterale ed Enterale

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 124-131

  Orsi, Paolo ^a   Spaggiari, C ^a   Pinazzi, O ^a   Di Mario, F ^a  

^a Modulo Dipt di Endoscopia Digestiva   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buried Bumper Syndrome; Complications; Enteral Nutrition; Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSTRUCTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036661330     PISSN: 03935582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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