Introduction PEG feeding in patients with head and neck and upper GI cancers is known to derive nutritional and mortality benefits. Standard inside-out PEG insertion is not always technically possible ...

Sligo University Hospital apologised and acknowledged the perforation has had a “life-changing” effect on Kathleen Healy ...

All cases were completed without complication and with successful PEG feeding. Conclusion PEG tube placement for enteral nutrition may be completed in patients with compound hiatus hernia and ...

A woman in her 80s has received an apology in the High Court for the perforation of her throat during a gastroscopic procedure. Sligo University Hospital apologised and acknowledged the perforation ...

An exciting one day course specifically aimed at teaching the skills and knowledge required to place PEG feeding tubes as first assistant for specialist Nurses who have identified this learning need ...

As preoperative assessment for GOR may not predict which patients will develop GOR after gastrostomy some physicians recommend a clinical trial of nasogastric tube feeding for two weeks ... the child ...

The patient is also assessed for bleeding and leakage at the PEG site. After this interval, PEG feedings can be initiated.

A 53-year-old man with dysphagia underwent uneventful placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube for long-term enteral feeding access. 11 hours after the procedure, it was ...