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A pitfall in the technique of jejunal tube insertion, resulting in jejunal perforation
M Carmon1, D Seror, B Goldstein
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Enteral feeding by a jejunostomy tube is a reliable and cost-effective method for both long- and short-term nutritional support in selected patients, although a high complication rate has been reported in some series. The authors report on jejunal perforation in an infant, caused by a kinked jejunostomy tube, and emphasize this possible pitfall as a warning to others.