Retrograde Gastrojejunostomy Tube Migration
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Retrograde Gastrojejunostomy Tube Migration
Percutaneous enteral feeding tubes are placed about 250,000 times each year in the United States. Although they are relatively safe, their placement may be complicated by perforation, infection, bleeding, vomiting, dislodgment, and obstruction. There have been numerous reports of antegrade migration of gastrojejunostomy (G-J) tubes. We report a case of G-J tube regurgitation following protracte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-648X,2090-6498
DOI: 10.1155/2014/738506