The patient was undergoing gastrotomy tube placement.Initially, a 24 french boston scientific endo vive peg kit was not used.During the initial attempts to pull through the peg tube, the procedure failed due to separation of the tube into 2 parts while being pulled through the stomach and abdominal wall.The wire was salvaged and the gastrotomy tube pieces were removed.Subsequently a cook 24 french gastrostomy tube was placed without difficulty.Of note this happened to me on another patient and several of my partners also experienced the same problem in their practice.Fda safety report id # (b)(4).
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