Pneumoperitoneum with subcutaneous emphysema after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

作者信息

Iscan Yalin, Karip Bora, Ozcabi Yetkin, Ağca Birol, Alahdab Yesim, Memisoglu Kemal

机构信息

General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İçerenköy, 34752 İstanbul, Turkey.

Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İçerenköy, 34752 İstanbul, Turkey.

出版信息

Case Rep Surg. 2014;2014:726878. doi: 10.1155/2014/726878. Epub 2014 Jul 10.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a safe way for enteral nutrition in selected patients. Generally, complications of this procedure are very rare but due to patients general health condition, delayed diagnosis and treatment of complications can be life threatening. In this study, we present a PEG-related massive pneumoperitoneum and subcutaneous emphysema in a patient with neuro-Behçet.