Colon injury and gastrocolocutaneous fistula complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Abstract Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) insertion is an effective endoscopic procedure for enteral feeding in patients with difficulty swallowing.Many postprocedural complications have been reported after the PEG procedure.The displacement of the transverse colon over the anterior gastric wall can predispose the patient to skull bride an