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Clinically significant benign pneumoperitoneum as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
L J Bradley1, R J Greenwood, D B A Silk
1The Wellington Hospital, London, UK. l.bradley@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
Clinical Rehabilitation
|March 11, 2003
Abstract:
Benign pneumoperitoneum is a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube placement. The rate of occurrence is reported as up to 25%. It is usually an incidental finding that arises immediately following the procedure. We report a case of pneumoperitoneum that developed a significant time after the initial procedure. The patient developed intractable vomiting and had to be fed parenterally. The pneumoperitoneum resolved and the gastrostomy tube feed was re-started.