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A complication of T-fasteners in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement
D W Collure1, H L Bumpers, E L Hoover
1Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University at Buffalo 14215, USA.
Surgical Endoscopy
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
Two patients with sinus tracts from retained T-fasteners following PEG tube placement are reported. Both patients had the PEG tubes subsequently removed and presented with purulent discharge and granulations near well-healed gastrostomy sites. The management of this complication and a possible method of prevention are discussed.