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Bowel movement frequency per day for the patient's entire length of stay at a rehabilitation hospital.
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He was started on a course of metronidazole, but showed no improvement. (See Figure 1). The frequency of the diarrhea immediately declined and the patient's symptoms improved (see Figure 1).
Photograph demonstrating PEG tube termination inside the lumen of the stomach.
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At that procedure it was discovered that the PEG tube had pierced the transverse colon, entering and exiting it terminating in the stomach (see Figures 2, 3, and 4).
Photograph demonstrating the PEG tube exiting from the wall of the transverse colon.
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At that procedure it was discovered that the PEG tube had pierced the transverse colon, entering and exiting it terminating in the stomach (see Figures 2, 3, and 4).
Photograph demonstrating PEG tube entering the wall of the transverse colon.
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At that procedure it was discovered that the PEG tube had pierced the transverse colon, entering and exiting it terminating in the stomach (see Figures 2, 3, and 4).