Semin intervent Radiol 2010; 27(3): 320-324
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1265683
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Transcolonic Gastrostomy Catheter Managed Conservatively

Brian Funaki1
  • 1Section in Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Publication Date:
20 August 2010 (online)

Both percutaneous gastrostomy and endoscopic gastrostomy have supplanted surgical gastrostomy in many hospitals as the initial procedures of choice for patients requiring long-term enteral feeding. Albeit rare, transcolonic placement of gastrostomy catheters may occur with either technique.

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  • 1 Friedmann R, Feldman H, Sonnenblick M. Misplacement of percutaneously inserted gastrostomy tube into the colon: Report of 6 cases and review of the literature.  J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2007;  31 469-476

Brian FunakiM.D. 

Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Chicago Medical Center

5840 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637

Email: bfunaki@radiology.bsd.uchicago.edu