Gastrostomy tube transmigration: A rare cause of small bowel obstruction

Gastrostomy tube transmigration: A rare cause of small bowel obstruction

A 77-year-old woman with an indwelling gastrostomy tube presented with a clinical picture of pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. During gastrostomy closure and performance of a feeding jejunostomy, inadvertent transmigration of the gastrostomy tube was found to be the etiology of the small intest...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of emergency medicine 1991-07, Vol.20 (7), p.817-819
Hauptverfasser: O'Dell, Kevin B, Gordon, Ronald S, Becker, Lance B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Enteral Nutrition
Female
Foreign-Body Migration - complications
Gastrostomy - adverse effects
gastrostomy tube
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction - etiology
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Intestine, Small
small bowel obstruction
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Zusammenfassung:A 77-year-old woman with an indwelling gastrostomy tube presented with a clinical picture of pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. During gastrostomy closure and performance of a feeding jejunostomy, inadvertent transmigration of the gastrostomy tube was found to be the etiology of the small intestinal obstruction. This case illustrates a rare complication of enteric feeding tubes.
ISSN:0196-0644
1097-6760
DOI:10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80850-9