title: Spontaneous ante-grade enteral migration of jejunostomy tube: A rare complication.
abstract: Ante-grade migration of a feeding jejunostomy tube is a rare occurrence. A 47-year-old lady with hypopharyngeal malignancy underwent surgical placement of jejunostomy tube. Eight months later, she came with disappearance of the tube from skin surface. Clinical examination revealed skin erosion and disappearance of previously placed tube. Abdominal radiograph showed radio.opaque tube in the abdomen in its entirety. The patient underwent reoperation to establish enteral feeding route and at the same time retrograde extraction of the tube (from proposed site for placement of jejunostomy tube). Use of proper fixation, placement of tube with dilated distal ends can potentially prevent these complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Bramhadatt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pattnaik
authors.forename: Kailash Chand
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kudria
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis