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简介:Percutaneousendoscopicgastrostomy(PEG)isawidelyusedmethodofnutritiondeliveryforpatientswithlongterminsufficiencyoforalintake.ThePEGcomplicationratevariesfrom0.4%to22.5%ofcases,withminorcomplicationsbeingthreetimesmorefrequent.Buriedbumpersyndrome(BBS)isaseverecomplicationofthismethod,inwhichtheinternalfixationdevicemigratesalongsidethetractofthestomaoutsidethestomach.ExcessivecompressionoftissuebetweentheexternalandinternalfixationdeviceofthegastrostomytubeisconsideredthemainetiologicalfactorleadingtoBBS.IncidenceofBBSisestimatedataround1%(0.3%-2.4%).Inabilitytoinsert,lossofpatencyandleakagearoundthePEGtubeareconsideredtobeatypicalsymptomatictriad.GastroscopyisindicatedinallcasesinwhichBBSissuspected.Thedepthofdiscmigrationinrelationtothelaminamuscularispropriaofthestomachiscriticalforfurthertherapyandcanbeestimatedbyendoscopicortransabdominalultrasound.BBScanbecomplicatedbygastrointestinalbleeding,perforation,peritonitis,intra-abdominalandabdominalwallabscesses,orphlegmon,andthesecomplicationscanleadtofataloutcomes.Themostimportantpreventivemeasureisadequatepositioningoftheexternalbolster.Aconservativeapproachshouldbeappliedonlyinpatientswithhighoperativeriskanddismalprognosis.ChoiceofthemethodofreleaseisbasedonthetypeofthePEGsetanddepthofdiscmigration.Adiscretainedinsidethestomachandcompletelycoveredbytheovergrowingtissuecanbereleasedusingsometypeofendoscopicdissectiontechnique(needleknife,argonplasmacoagulation,orpapillotomethroughthecannula).Properpatientselectionanddissectionoftheovergrowingtissuearethemajordeterminantsforsuccessfulendoscopictherapy.Adisclocalizedoutofthestomach(laminamuscularispropria)shouldbetreatedbyasurgeon.