Complications of gastrostomy.
Despite its simplicity, gastrostomy has been associated with a relatively high incidence of complications. We have described two unusual complications: inadvertent duodenostomy, resulting in gastric outlet obstruction, and the migration of a gastrostomy feeding tube into the midportion of the jejunum, resulting in obstruction of the small bowel.
D000368:Aged; D004386:Duodenum; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum; D008297:Male