Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2021 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a feasible and safe technique for patients who need long-term feeding and cannot eat orally. With the increasing maturity of PEG technique, a large number of patients receive PEG tube placement every year in ...
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [PDF]
Journal of British Surgery, 1990 Abstract The many variations of surgical gastrostomy for nutritional support or for long-term gastric decompression all have a significant morbidity and mortality. An ‘incisionless’ technique under local anaesthesia, namely percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, was described in 1980.
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Mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2003 Background Since its introduction in the early 1980s, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has become the most popular method for performing a gastrostomy for long-term enteral feeding.
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Children [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2008 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been a valuable tool in nutritional rehabilitation since its inception in 1980. Although it was originally described in children, a large sector of the adult population is dependant on it for nutritional support ...
Wael El-Matary
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1989 Sixty-five patients who had endoscopic placement of a feeding tube between April 1984 and November 1987, were reviewed. Mean follow-up was 245 days (range one to 1391 days).
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2011 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) can improve nutritional status and reduce the amount of time needed to feed neurologically impaired children. We evaluated the characteristics, complications, and outcomes of neurologically impaired children treated with PEG.We retrospectively reviewed the records of 32 neurologically impaired children who ...
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Percutaneous endoscopic versus surgical gastrostomy in patients with benign and malignant diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Clinics, 2016 To compare the complications and mortality related to gastrostomy procedures performed using surgical and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy techniques, this review covered seven studies.
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Insertion in Neurodegenerative Disease: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Background/Aims With the notable exceptions of dementia, stroke, and motor neuron disease, relatively little is known about the safety and utility of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion in patients with neurodegenerative disease.
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Fundus fluorescein angiography via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Description of technique. [PDF]
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2023 Purpose: To report an alternative technique of fundus fluorescein angiography using percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). Methods: A case series from a single center.
Ali SM, Kozak I.
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Feculent Drainage from Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube due to Gastrocolocutaneous Fistula Found in Emergency Department: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Pract Cases Emerg MedIntroduction Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement is a common procedure for patients requiring non-oral feeding. One rare complication of PEG placement is the formation of a gastrocolocutaneous fistula that develops when bowel is ...
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