A Case of Buried Bumper Syndrome.
- Author:
Sang Ho LEE
1
;
Woon Sun CHOI
;
Wook Hee WON
;
Bae Young KIM
;
Seoung Pyo HONG
;
Pil Won PARK
;
Kyu Seoung LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, KyungHee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Buried bumper syndrome;
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Wall;
Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1;
Endoscopy;
Epithelium;
Gastrostomy;
Humans;
Nutritional Support;
Stomach
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1997;17(5):668-672
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is used for long-term nutritional support and can be performed with relatively few complications. Among the major and minor complications, migration and erosion of the internal bumper into or through the abdominal wall, so called buried bumper syndrome has been described more recently. We describe a patient in whom internal bumper eroded into stomach wall and was completely covered by gastric epithelium 45 days after gastrostomy placement. The gastrostomy tube itself was patent, and the end still protruded into the lumen of the stomach. But, endoscopy was failed to remove the gastrostomy tube and surgical exploration was required in our case. We experienced a case of buried bumper syndrome after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and report with a review of literatures.
