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| Title |
Catheter traction and gastric outlet obstruction: a repeated complication of using a Foley catheter for gastrostomy tube replacement
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| Published in |
Nutrición Hospitalaria, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.20960/nh.693 |
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| Authors |
Jorge Fonseca, Gonçalo Nunes, Marta Patita, Rita Barosa, Carla Adriana Santos |
| Abstract |
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a safe procedure and major morbidity is unusual. However, the number of PEG fed patients is increasing all over the world and complications may become more and more frequent. We describe a 73 years old woman with persistent vomit after replacement of the standard PEG tube with a Foley catheter. An upper GI endoscopy showed the catheter pulled into the duodenum causing gastric outlet obstruction. It was removed and replaced by a suitable standard PEG tube, allowing PEG feeding to be resumed. Previous reports pointed the risk of this complication, almost always associated with insertion of a Foley-type catheter. Replacement of PEG tubes should be performed by experienced teams using standard PEG tubes and the use of Foley-type catheters for this purpose should be banned from routine practice. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
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| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 50% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 50% |
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| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 50% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 50% |