Enterocutaneous fistula: A rare complication of PEG tube placement

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 529-531

  Quadri, A H Affan ^a   Puetz, Thomas R ^a   Dindzans, Vincents ^a   Canga, Cristino ^a   Sincaban, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; JEJUNUM DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN FISTULA;

AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; JEJUNAL DISEASES;

EID: 85047683957     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.113091     Document Type: Article

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