Introduction PEG feeding in patients with head and neck and upper GI cancers is known to derive ... Gastropexy is an alternative technique which allows insertion of a gastrostomy tube with outside-in ...

Methods A 6-year retrospective review of PEG tube placements in patients with compound hiatus hernia. All patients had prior failed attempts using the conventional ‘finger indentation’ technique. The ...

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 ...

nhs.net Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding is routinely used as an endoscopic and effective method for providing enteral nutrition in those whose oral access has been diminished or lost ...

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

Introduction Patients with NMD's suffer from feeding difficulties and respiratory failure which worsens prognosis. A survival advantage with PEG feeding has been suggested in case reports but there ...