Early accidental removal of a PEG tube in patients without sepsis or peritonitis can be safely treated with simultaneous endoscopic closure of the gastrotomy and PEG tube replacement, resulting in ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) provides a non-surgical alternative ... However, a commercial replacement gastrostomy tube is many times more expensive than a Foley catheter, and the ...

Early accidental removal of a PEG tube in patients without sepsis or peritonitis can be safely treated with simultaneous endoscopic closure of the gastrotomy and PEG tube replacement, resulting in ...

There is little published data on the longevity of PEG tubes. We aimed to assess this within our adult nutrition service, where we use Freka tubes preferentially and only plan replacement if tube ...

For this reason, PEG tube replacement was performed in these three patients. The procedure was repeated in four patients because of the deformation of tubes. Longest observation was achieved in ...

The average inpatient stay for PEG replacements was 4.5 days ... Results During the study period, 34 patients required gastrostomy tube replacement due to accidental removal. 14 of these required no ...

He explained: "If she got the PEG operation, it basically takes away having to replace the tube through the nose and down the throat each time she vomits it. That takes away the risk of a ...