title: Colocutaneous fistula--a rare complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: Although the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy technique for feeding is a fairly common procedure now, we have not come across a complication such as described below, a probable migration of the tube from the stomach to the colon, without any objective proof for this.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases, and Nutrition, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scapa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Broide
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Slutzki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halevy
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged