Endoscopy 2006; 38(7): 745-748
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925239
Case Report
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Peritonitis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy: where there is smoke, there may not be fire

S.  Faias1 , G.  Buck1 , M.  DeLegge1
  • 1Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Publication History

Submitted 10 June 2005

Accepted after revision 13 November 2005

Publication Date:
29 June 2006 (online)

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Extensive reviews have been published regarding complications arising from percutaneous enteral access and ways of managing them. However, few data are available regarding unnecessary clinical interventions resulting from misinterpretation of benign postprocedural findings. We present here three representative cases of negative surgical abdominal cavity explorations for presumed peritonitis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy and jejunostomy.

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