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Head and Neck Cancer Tumor Seeding at the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Site

Nutrition in clinical practice, 2018
The National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute estimates that over 13,000 new cases of head and neck cancer (HNC) will be diagnosed in 2017.
June R. Greaves
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, body weight loss and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based registry study

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2017
Objective: To assess the role of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) insertion, and its timing, on ALS survival, and to study prognostic factors of survival before and after PEG placement in a population-based setting.
Antonio Fasano, N. Fini, D. Ferraro, L. Ferri, M. Vinceti, J. Mandrioli   +5 more
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Effect of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube on swallowing in advanced head and neck cancer: A randomized controlled study

Head and Neck, 2017
Dysphagia is common in head and neck cancer. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is used to facilitate nutrition; however, some retrospective studies have indicated that the PEG tube causes dysphagia.
Lars Axelsson, E. Silander, J. Nyman, M. Bove, L. Johansson, E. Hammerlid   +5 more
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy [PDF]

, 2016
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is a relatively new procedure that is commonly performed at the bedside in critically ill patients requiring long-term enteral access. Often utilized in cases of trauma, brain injury, or chronic illness, it is a much safer alternative for enteral feeding than the previously prescribed open ...
Brennan Bowker, James Lunn, Peter Sandor
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy [PDF]

, 2009
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has become one of the most frequently used procedures to administer nutrition and also as an alternative to the surgical approach or nasogastric tubes. The technique is simple, safe and cheap; it can be performed by any moderately experienced endoscopist and so, since the original description in 1980, has ...
Castro Ortiz, López Rosés
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Bronchoscope-Guided Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement by Interventional Pulmonologists: A Feasibility and Safety Study

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 2018
Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is a procedure frequently done in the intensive care unit. The use of a traditional endoscope can be difficult in cases of esophageal stenosis and theoretically confers an increased ...
Erik Folch, F. Kheir, A. Mahajan, Daniel Alape, Omar Ibrahim, E. Shostak, A. Majid   +6 more
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Long‐Term Nasogastric Versus Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Feeding in Older Asians With Dysphagia: A Pragmatic Study

Nutrition in clinical practice, 2018
BACKGROUND A barrier to gastrostomy feeding exists among Asian clinicians and caregivers due to negative perceptions regarding complications. We compared clinical and nutrition outcomes in older dysphagic Asian patients with nasogastric (NG) or ...
Mohamad Hasif Jaafar, S. Mahadeva, K. M. Tan, A. Chin, S. Kamaruzzaman, H. Khor, N. Saedon, M. Tan   +7 more
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Elderly

Gastroenterology Nursing, 1994
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is offered to many elderly, ill, debilitated patients. Nurses are key individuals in helping patients and families decide if this is the appropriate choice given the prognosis, goals of therapy, and patient wishes. In this article the author presents a review of the literature on percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ...
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Operative Techniques in General Surgery, 2001
p ercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained popularity since its introduction in 1981.1 The indications for PEG are to provide enteral access in patients who have either temporarily or permanently lost the ability to eat or in patients who need gastric decompression.
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Complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2014
Gastrostomy feeding tubes are used in children to manage feeding difficulties of a variety of causes.1 Several methods for gastrostomy insertion are described, including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG),2 laparoscopic-assisted, radiological or open surgical placement.
David Baker, R Mark Beattie, Michael P. Stanton, Stephen Adams, Arjun Takhar   +4 more
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