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Clinics and Practice, 2023 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is the method of choice to allow enteral access in patients requiring long-term enteral nutrition. However, although generally safe, percutaneous tube positioning may be plagued by several complications.
Gabrio Bassotti, Danilo Castellani
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Synchronous gastric and duodenal metastases from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a unique presentation of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. [PDF]
, 2018 Metastatic disease to the stomach or duodenum is an infrequent diagnosis, and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the least common primary malignancies that lead to gastric or duodenal metastases.
Daitch, Zachary +4 more
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Laparoscopic-Assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement [PDF]
, 2010 In those cases where a PEG tube cannot be placed safely, a laparoscopic-assisted technique may be a viable option to complete the ...
Lopes, Gustavo +2 more
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Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck cancer (HNC) can cause multiple side effects such as nausea, pain, taste loss, fatigue, oral mucositis, xerostomia, and acute radiation‐associated dysphagia (RAD). These factors threaten patients' oral intake (OI) during this RT.
Alice Vergauwen +8 more
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Direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy performed with gastroscope
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2013 While percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-known approach for achieving enteral feeding, direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (DPEJ) is a technique that allows endoscopic placement of percutaneous/transabdominal feeding tube directly
Ajay P. Choksi +2 more
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A Three-limb Teleoperated Robotic System with Foot Control for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Flexible endoscopy requires high skills to manipulate both the endoscope and associated instruments. In most robotic flexible endoscopic systems, the endoscope and instruments are controlled separately by two operators, which may result in communication errors and inefficient operation.
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Buried bumper syndrome: A complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a widely used method of nutrition delivery for patients with long-term insufficiency of oral intake. The PEG complication rate varies from 0.4% to 22.5% of cases, with minor complications being three times ...
J. Cyrany +3 more
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Malnutrition in healthcare settings and the role of gastrostomy feeding [PDF]
, 2017 Malnutrition can adversely affect physical and psychological function, influencing both morbidity and mortality. Despite the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated health and economic costs, malnutrition remains under-detected and under-treated in
Correia +13 more
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Laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Insertion of a skin-level device using a tear-away sheath [PDF]
, 2015 Background: This study describes our experience with the placement of a skin-level gastrostomy device (MIC-KEY) in a single procedure. Methods: We identified infants, children and young adults who underwent laparoscopicassisted percutaneous endoscopic ...
Bütter, Andreana +4 more
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GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020 Introduction: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a safe and effective technique and its use is widely spread. Peristomal leakage may occur within the first few days after gastrostomy tube placement and also in the mature gastrostomy tract.
Cláudia Macedo +4 more
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