title: Colocutaneous fistula as a complication of PEG tube placement.
abstract: Individuals with prolonged swallowing difficulties may require enteral supplementation to maintain a healthy nutritional status. Until the advent of the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in 1980, feeding was usually accomplished by a nasogastric feeding tube. The initial insertion of a PEG tube requires endoscopic or radiologic guidance but has the advantages of being easy to care for and being a permanent or temporary access site for enteral nutrition. Complications associated with PEG tube placement are relatively infrequent. We present a case of a percutaneous fistula as a rare complication associated with reinsertion of a PEG tube.
authors.affiliation: Martin Luther King Heritage Health Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kilmartin
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Brotzman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*