The buried bumper syndrome: Migration of internal bumper of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube into the abdominal wall

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1077-1080

  Gençosmanoǧlu, Rasim ^a   Koć, Demet ^a   Tözün, Nurdan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buried bumper syndrome; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH TUBE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0346252529     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1199-3     Document Type: Article

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