A Case of Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 266-269, 2009.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-168163
ABSTRACT
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has widely accepted for providing safe, long-term enteral nutrition for patients with swallowing disabilities. Though safe and technically simple, this procedure is often associated with some complications, such as wound infection, bleeding, stroma leaks and tube transposition. Major complications are rare and these include aspiration pneumonia, perforations, peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis. We report here on a patient who developed extensive subcutaneous emphysema with hemoperitoneum and peritonitis following PEG. Medical treatment without removal of the PEG led to resolution of the emphysema and the peritonitis and successful PEG feeding.
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Main subject:
Peritonitis
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Pneumonia, Aspiration
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Subcutaneous Emphysema
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Wound Infection
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Gastrostomy
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Enteral Nutrition
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Fasciitis, Necrotizing
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Deglutition
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Emphysema
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Hemoperitoneum
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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