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Clinically significant benign pneumoperitoneum as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Hospital Medical School, Rowland Hill, London NW3 2PF, UKl.bradley{at}rfc.ucl.ac.uk

R J Greenwood

D BA Silk

The Wellington Hospital, London, UK

Benign pneumoperitoneum is a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube placement. The rate of occurrence is reported as up to 25%. It is usually an incidental finding that arises immediately following the procedure. We report a case of pneumoperitoneum that developed a significant time after the initial procedure. The patient developed intractable vomiting and had to be fed parenterally. The pneumoperitoneum resolved and the gastrostomy tube feed was re-started.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 17, No. 2, 228-229 (2003)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr590oa


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