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Weight development in patient 7 suffering from progressive encephalopathy caused by intractable epilepsy.
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Her main clinical problems comprised intractable epilepsy, recurrent vomiting episodes complicated by hematemesis, and insufficient weight gain (Figure 10).
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Weight development in patient 8 suffering from a microdeletion 22q11 syndromic disorder with cardiac malformation. After 3 months of RJFT use, the tube was removed, and the girl continued to grow well on oral feeding, with a weight for age at the 30th percentile.
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After 3 months, the RJFT was removed and the girl continued to grow well with a weight for age at the 30th percentile (Figure 11).
Acute small bowel obstruction in a girl aged 20 months. Bowel obstruction was caused by a loose guide thread and fibrous band crossing the terminal ileum. This complication occurred 18 months after RJFT insertion and was managed by resection of the fibrous band and guide thread (patient 7).
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Small bowel obstruction was repaired surgically (Figure 12).
Local skin infection at the site of the jejunostomy. This infection was treated with antibiotic ointment and enterally administered antibiotics.
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In this child, 3 episodes of skin infection occurred at the entrance site of the jejunal feeding tube within the regular follow-up period (Figure 13).