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 ca...

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Main Authors: Mateus Quitembo Soares da Silva, Alex Lederman, Ricardo Frank Coelho da Rocha, Rodrigo Montenegro Lourenção
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2015-03-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/98457