Utility of Over-the-Scope Clipping for Closure of a Persistent Post-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Fistula under Long-Term Steroid Therapy

• Main Authors: Yoshihisa Arao (Author), Yuichi Sato (Author), Satoru Hashimoto (Author), Hiroki Honda (Author), Kazumi Yoko (Author), Masaaki Takamura (Author), Ken-ichi Mizuno (Author), Masaaki Kobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 50-year-old woman had a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placed after surgery for pharyngeal cancer. After 21 months, the PEG tube was removed due to improvement of per-oral ingestion. She had taken prednisolone for 31 years for systemic lupus erythematosus. The post-PEG fistula did...