Unusual malfunction of percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy feeding tubes in patients with intestinal dysmotility.
We report the complication of knotted percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) feeding tubes in three patients with intestinal dysmotility. The management of PEJ tube dysfunction and strategies to prevent this complication are discussed.
Frenz
M B
MB
Department of Gastroenterology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. mfrenz@doctors.org.uk
van Heel
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D
Siuda
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Travis
S P L
SP
D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome