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Low incidence of complications with Freka PEG tubes
  1. Emily Clarke,
  2. Stephen Lewis
  1. Derriford Hospital—Gastroenterology, Plymouth, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Emily Clarke, Derriford Hospital—Gastroenterology, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK; emilyclarke2{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2015-100645

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    We write in response to the article by Dowman et al1 in Frontline Gastroenterology describing a high incidence of buried bumper syndrome (BBS) associated with Freka percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes.

    In a recent large prospective audit at Derriford Hospital, we found few buried bumpers using predominantly Freka tubes in our patients. Patients are attended by specialist enteral feeding community dieticians who train patients or …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SL led the audit. SL and EC were involved with analysing the data. EC wrote this response to the recently published article.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Ethics approval Derriford Hospital Audit Department.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.