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 ...

Good understanding of the indications for percutaneous enteral tube feeding will prevent inappropriate procedures and ensure that the correct feeding route is selected at the appropriate time. Each ...

In previous trials, 6,7 nasogastric tubes were associated with more mechanical failures and became blocked and dislodged more easily than PEG tubes, resulting in more feeding interruptions and ...

For these participants, continuing life as normal and maintaining autonomy were paramount, and receiving a PEG-J tube for supplementary enteral feeding was perceived to be an invasive intervention ...

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 ...

Costs varied by patient age (table 1). Button devices had much higher equipment costs than PEG tube devices with a Mini button device using £573.38 of consumables each year compared to £279.34 for a ...

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 ...

She was on a pureed food diet and they were worried ... the stomach to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate. Matthew said a PEG tube would give Joniece her childhood back ...

The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement. Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic ...