3 The failure of any fistula-directed intervention (except BSC) was defined as (1) a second emergency intervention within 4 weeks due to persistence of preintervention symptoms or development of new ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...