Patient's family presented to center for aids intervention research clinic with reports that they were unable to extract the water from the balloon port of his 16f 2.0cm amt gastrostomy tube.Port was gentle cleansed of visible debris and multiple attempts were made by providers to deflate the gastric tube balloon without success.The infusion element of the tube was without malfunction.Balloon valve of the tube was excised using trauma sheers and then water extracted using a syringe and 22-gauge needle.Balloon valve became non-functional disallowing extraction of the water in the balloon and thus removal of the gtube.
|