A guide focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life, balancing nutrition with the unique needs of advanced dementia ...

In these cases, venting percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (VPRG) may be useful. Existing evidence is based on retrospective studies with methodological limitations. The purpose of this study is to ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall ...

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 ...