Feeding tube replacement: not always that simple!
Although surgical gastrostomy is not a technically troublesome surgery, the procedure may be accompanied by unfavorable outcomes. Most complications occur early in the post-operative period and include feeding tube dislodgment, stomal infection, peritonitis, and pneumonia. The authors report the cas...
Main Authors: | Mateus Quitembo Soares da Silva, Alex Lederman, Ricardo Frank Coelho da Rocha, Rodrigo Montenegro Lourenção |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of São Paulo
2015-03-01
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Series: | Autopsy and Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/98457 |
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