title: [Migration of gastrostomy button as a cause of duodenal ulcer and upper digestive bleeding].
abstract: PEG or Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a well known and widely used procedure. With adequate methodology of instrumentation and follow up it has very low rate of complications directly related or non-related to the procedure. Such complications include accidental retirement, wound infection, deterioration of tube, migration to sub-cutaneous tissue and others. We present a case in which a patient with long history of PEG shows up at our ER with melena (upper GI bleeding).
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Endoscopia Terapéutica, Servicio de Gastroenterología (Basamea SCRL), Clínica Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Simón
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yriberry Ureña
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prochazka Zárate
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salazar Muente
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Monge Zapata
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salazar Cabrera
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barriga Calle
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D057908:Argon Plasma Coagulation; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery