Severe hemorrhagic gastritis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
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1. Mansoor H, Masood MA, Yusuf MA. Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion in cancer patients: a retrospective study. J Gastrointest Cancer 2014;45:452-459. 2. Schurink CA, Tuynman H, Scholten P, et al. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: complications and suggestions to avoid them. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2001;13:819-823. 3. Nishiwaki S, Araki H, Takada J, et al. Clinical investigation of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Dig Endosc 2010;22:180-185. Departments of aMedicine (Abhijeet Waghray); bGastroenterology (Amy Michel-Calderon, Annette Kyprianou, Nisheet Waghray), MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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