Utility of Over-the-Scope Clipping for Closure of a Persistent Post-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Fistula under Long-Term Steroid Therapy

Utility of Over-the-Scope Clipping for Closure of a Persistent Post-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Fistula under Long-Term Steroid Therapy

A 50-year-old woman had a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placed after surgery for pharyngeal cancer. After 21 months, the PEG tube was removed due to improvement of per-oral ingestion. She had taken prednisolone for 31 years for systemic lupus erythematosus. The post-PEG fistula did...

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Main Authors: Arao, Yoshihisa, Sato, Yuichi, Hashimoto, Satoru, Honda, Hiroki, Yoko, Kazumi, Takamura, Masaaki, Mizuno, Ken-ichi, Kobayashi, Masaaki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676652/

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