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Colocutaneous fistula: A rare and silent complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure for maintaining long-term enteral nutrition. A very rare complication of this procedure is colocutaneous fistula. We report an unusual case of colocutaneous fistula that was discovered in a 64-year-old man one year following insertion of a PEG tube.

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  1. Department of Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, 506 6th Street, 11215, Brooklyn, New York

    Ifran Siddique MD,  Muthuswamy Krishnamurthy MD, Sudhendu Choubey MD, Prasad Gudavalli MD, Thayyullathil Bharathan MD & Bruce R. Pachter PhD

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Siddique, I., Krishnamurthy, M., Choubey, S. et al. Colocutaneous fistula: A rare and silent complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Digest Dis Sci 41, 301–304 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093819

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