Comparison of removal techniques in the management of buried bumper syndrome: a retrospective cohort study of 82 patients

Background and study aims Buried bumper syndrome is an infrequent complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) that can result in tube dysfunction, gastric perforation, bleeding, peritonitis or death. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of different PEG tube removal method...

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Main Authors: Daniela Mueller-Gerbes, Bettina Hartmann, Julio Pereira Lima, Michele de Lemos Bonotto, Christoph Merbach, Arno Dormann, Ralf Jakobs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-06-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-106582