Abstract
A 58-year-old man with Parkinson's disease experienced peritonitis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy (PEG-J) for levodopa–carbidopa intestinal gel treatment despite concomitant use of gastropexy. Although gastropexy reduces complications including peritonitis, clinicians should consider structural characteristics of PEG-J devices and patients’ anatomical differences. We recommend that suture threads are removed 2–4 weeks after PEG-J and that the PEG-J tube length outside the body is routinely recorded to assess tube dislocation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 64-66 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 03-2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology