Gastric hemorrhage complicating percutaneous transgastric jejunostomy.

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Abstract
The first occurrence at the authors'' institution of serious gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage complicating percutaneous transgastric jejunostomy and its management by a modified technique are reported. The 0.7% frequency of this complication (one in 130 procedures) compares favorably with the frequency of hemorrhage reported for surgical gastrostomy (0.9%-1.4%). Percutaneous transgastric jejunostomy represents no greater risk of hemorrhage than does surgical gastrostomy and should continue to be an alternative to the latter procedure.

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