Buried bumper syndrome as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in cancer patients: The Brazilian experience

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Meine, Gilmara ^a   Lukashok, Hannah ^a   Mello, Gustavo ^a   Mansur, Gilberto ^a   Guimarães, Denise ^a   Carvalho, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Buried bumper syndrome (BBS); Cancer patients; Gastrostomy; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION; STOMACH TUBE;

EID: 33845530527     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2007.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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