A New Gastrostomy Catheter
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Arterial hemorrhage due to a buried percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy catheter.
A 63-year old man underwent an emergency esophagogastroduodenoscopy because of hematemesis. He had undergone surgery 2 months earlier for a pT4aN3 oropharyngeal carcinoma. This had been followed 4 weeks later by placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) because of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia. Endoscopy revealed a partially overgrown bumper (●" Fig.1a), which was freed from the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5386.822