Reference record (b)(4).The device involved in the event remained implanted in the patient and was not returned; therefore, a return sample evaluation is unable to be performed.A buried bumper is a known complication of a peg tube placement.(b)(4).If any further relevant information is identified or obtained, a supplemental medwatch will be filed.
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On (b)(6) 2020, a patient in (b)(6) underwent a procedure for the placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (peg) tube with jejunal (peg-j) tube.On (b)(6) 2020, the patient was at a clinic due to pain at the stoma.It was revealed that the inner retention plate had grown in slightly in the gastric mucosa.The intergrowth was loosened and the peg was not exchanged.
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