SIGMOID INTRAABDOMINAL HERNIATION AND VOLVULUS - A RARE COMPLICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBES

Authors
WALKER KG MURPHY DS GRAY GR PICKFORD IR
Citation
Kg. Walker et al., SIGMOID INTRAABDOMINAL HERNIATION AND VOLVULUS - A RARE COMPLICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBES, British Journal of Surgery, 84(2), 1997, pp. 221-221
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071323
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
221 - 221
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1323(1997)84:2<221:SIHAV->2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), positioned by an endoscopic pull-through technique, was first described in 1980(1) and is now com monly used for the provision of a feeding enterostomy. The usual indic ations are neurological or oropharyngeal disorders(2,3). Recognized co mplications include colonic and gastric perforation, colocutaneous fis tula, gastric outlet obstruction and gastric haemorrhage(2,4). The inc idence of major complications varies from 1.3 to 19 per cent in publis hed series(2,3,5).