Complications of gastrostomy
Huff, J.P.; Rosenblum, J.; Camara, D.S.
Southern Medical Journal 81(8): 1050-1052
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 3043685 Document Number: 309325
Despite its simplicity, gastrostomy has been associated with a relatively high incidence of complications. We have described two unusual complications: inadvertent duodenostomy, resulting in gastric outlet obstruction, and the migration of a gastrostomy feeding tube into the midportion of the jejunum, resulting in obstruction of the small bowel.