Conclusion PEG tube placement for enteral nutrition may be completed in patients with compound hiatus hernia and intrathoracic stomach. The authors suggest however that a long drainage access needle ...
Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic findings, such as peptic ulcer disease and gastric outlet obstruction, that ultimately led to ...
We report a study of enteral feeding by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in 30 patients, the majority with a persistent vegetative state. All patients had previously been fed through a nasogastric ...
Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is theorized that excessive air insufflation ...
Background: Enteral nutrition may be required in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and is usually achieved by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG ... an alternative is percutaneous ...
What Is a G-Tube? Some kids have medical problems that make it hard for them to get enough nutrition by mouth. A gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube) is a tube inserted through the belly that ...
Objective Current guidelines for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement focus largely on maintaining enteral feeding ... We describe a cohort of children with refractory epilepsy who ...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a common practice usually offered to patients who are ... and bilateral below knee amputations from a bomb blast 13 years ago. The PEG tube was placed ...
This extended for 7 cm from the postcricoid oesophagus, and was staged as cT3N3M0. Following bougie dilation, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube was inserted for nutritional support ...
What Is a G-Tube? Some kids have medical problems that make it hard for them to get enough nutrition by mouth. A gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube) is a tube inserted through the belly that ...
Eight studies specifically described percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy as the intervention ... The management of eating problems for children with CP is difficult and the potential effects of ...