The Buried Bumper Syndrome: A Catastrophic Complication of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.

Jinendra Satiya; Akiva Marcus

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.4330

The Buried Bumper Syndrome: A Catastrophic Complication of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.

Jinendra Satiya
, Akiva Marcus

University of Miami

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.4330
State	Published - Mar 27 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Surgery

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