Intestinal obstruction after PEG tube replacement: Implications to daily clinical practice

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-81

  Khan, Shakeeb ^a,b   Gatt, Marcel ^a   Petty, Daniel ^a   Stojkovic, Steven ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Removal; Replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH TUBE;

AGED; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749144002     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31815842d6     Document Type: Article

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