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Assessment of endoscopic gastrostomy complications and the efficacy of single dose prophylactic antibiotic in 136 patients

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2008
Background: Endoscopic gastrostomy provides a secure route for the provision of permanent enteral feeding. We performed this study to determine the incidence of endoscopic gastrostomy complications.
Seyed masood Tabib, Amir Ahmad Mostaghni, Seyed Mohammad Valizadeh   +2 more
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Laparoscopy-assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2008
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement is associated with considerable complications. We added laparoscopic monitoring to improve outcome. METHODS: Thirty-four patients who had laparoscopy-assisted PEG (LAP-PEG) were reviewed.
Tsubasa Takahashi, Tadaharu Okazaki, Yoshifumi Kato, Hiroko Watayo, Geoffrey J. Lane, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Osamu Segawa, Shingo Kameoka, Atsuyuki Yamataka   +8 more
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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, Jiang, Wei, Kistler, Charles Andrew, Quirk, Daniel M., Tarangelo, Nicholas P.   +4 more
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Percutaneous Gastronomy and Jejunostomy: Lessons from the First Decade

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1992
Percutaneous gastrostomies and jejunostomies have increasingly been used for long term enteral feeding in patients with functioning gastrointestinal tracts but who are unable, for a variety of reasons, to use the standard oropharyngeal route. Since these
John S Goff
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Pulmonary scintigraphy as a method to investigate gastrobronchial communication in tracheostomized patients

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2015
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degeneration of somatic motor neurons extending from upper motor cortical pyramidal neurons to lower motor neurons of the brainstem and cord.
Alessandro Graziani, Anna Martelli, Oliviero Quercia, Anna Paola Spadazzi, Eleonora del Giudice, Francesco G. Stefanini, Arianna Lanzi, Pierpaolo Casalini, Giuseppe Pezzi, Federica Mirici Cappa   +9 more
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La gastrostomia percutanea endoscopica (PEG) metodo pull: nostra esperienza [PDF]

, 2007
Obiettivi: scopo del lavoro è valutare le indicazioni al posizionamento, i risultati e le eventuali complicanze della gastrostomia percutanea endoscopica (PEG), posizionata routinariamente in pazienti disfagici (per patologia neurologica, portatori di ...
Facella, Tiziana, Geraci, Girolamo, Li Volsi, Francesco, Modica, Giuseppe, Pisello, Franco, Sciumè, Carmelo, Tinaglia, Diletta   +6 more
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Electropermanent magnetic anchoring for surgery and endoscopy [PDF]

, 2014
The use of magnets for anchoring of instrumentation in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy has become of increased interest in recent years. Permanent magnets have significant advantages over electromagnets for these applications; larger anchoring ...
Brennan, Philip, Cahill, Ronan A., Cantillon-Murphy, Pádraig, Griffiths, James, O'Donoghue, Kilian, O'Shea, Conor, O'Shea, Michael, Power, Timothy, Tugwell, Josef   +8 more
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Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990
It is no exaggeration to say that percutaneous gastrostomy has revolutionized the feeding of disabled patients with intact gastrointestinal tracts. The most common indication is inability to swallow. It is generally best to place a gastrostomy tube early
Gabor P Kandel
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Palliative gastrostomy in the setting of voluminous ascites [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: We report the indications, methods, and complications of percutaneous gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy (G/GJ) in patients with voluminous ascites.
Covarrubias, Diego A., Diver, Elizabeth, Growdon, Whitfield, Hahn, Peter F., McDermott, Shaunagh, Mueller, Peter R., O'Connor, Owen J., Shelly, Martin J.   +7 more
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At the border between endoscopy and surgery. A review of clinical cases of complications after endoscopic gastrostomy.

Perioperative Medicine
Endoscopic gastrostomy (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, PEG) is a widely accepted method of providing enteral nutrition in patients who cannot independently consume food orally. Despite the advantages of this method, serious complications may arise,
V Rusakov, M Chystiak, I Beskrovnyi
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