gastrostomy

Summary

Summary: Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression.

Webpages

  1. faculty biography for alan l. buchman, md
    www.medicine.northwestern.edu/scripts/bio.pl?pid=103
  2. idexx reference laboratories how to order spec cpl test
    www.idexx.com/animalhealth/laboratory/speccpl/treatment.jsp
  3. clinical nutrition: enteral nutrition
    healthlinks.washington.edu/nutrition/section5.html
  4. changi general hospital - general surgery
    www.cgh.com.sg/medical/generalsurgery.asp
  5. adult health advisor index: t to y
    www.fairview.org/healthlibrary/content/aha_index_6.htm
  6. chelsea and westminster nhs foundation trust
    www.chelwest.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patients-info.html
  7. medline publication: endotoxin-induced changes in igf-i differ in rats provided enteral vs. parenteral nutrition
    www.fred.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fred/medlinepub/10070010
  8. interventional radiology, rushuniversity medical center
    www.rpslmc.edu/rumc/page-1124119151569.html
  9. baylor health care system: gastroenterology fellowship facilities and resources
    www.baylorhealth.edu/Education/Fellowships/Gastro/facilities ...
  10. changi general hospital - gastroenterology
    www.cgh.com.sg/medical/gastroenterology.asp

Research Grants

  1. New Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches for Patients wit*
    Richard W McCallum; Fiscal Year: 2008
  2. Nonhematopoietic Developmental Functions of EPO
    Sandra E Juul; Fiscal Year: 2004
  3. Early Treatment of ALS with Nutrition and NIPPV
    Edward J Kasarskis; Fiscal Year: 2006
  4. GENOTYPE CORRELATES AND CLINICAL TRIALS IN INHERITED EB
    JO-DAVID R FINE; Fiscal Year: 2002

Publications

  1. Clinical costs of feeding tube placement
    Jose Eduardo de Aguilar Nascimento
    Department of Surgery, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:269-73
  2. DPEJ tube placement prevents aspiration pneumonia in high-risk patients
    Panagiotis H Panagiotakis
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah, 4R118 School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    Nutr Clin Pract 23:172-5
  3. DPEJ placement in cases of PEG insertion failure
    M Del Piano
    Gastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore della Carità Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy
    Dig Liver Dis 40:140-3
  4. Acute complications associated with bedside placement of feeding tubes
    William N Baskin
    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, 401 Roxbury Road, Rockford, IL 61107 5078, USA
    Nutr Clin Pract 21:40-55
  5. Enteral tube feeding and pneumonia
    David Sheridan Gray
    Sonoma Developmental Center, Eldridge, CA, USA
    Am J Ment Retard 111:113-20
  6. The buried bumper syndrome: a simple management approach in two patients
    Rama P Venu
    Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 56:582-4
  7. Laparoscopic vs percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion: a new pediatric gold standard?
    Mohammed Zamakhshary
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia Children's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6H 3V4
    J Pediatr Surg 40:859-62
  8. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement in the overweight and obese patient
    Sean E McGarr
    Section of Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:212-6
  9. Optimal enteral feeding in children with gastric dysfunction: surgical jejunostomy vs image-guided gastrojejunal tube placement
    Mehul V Raval
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7223, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 41:1679-82
  10. Early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy nutrition in head and neck cancer patients
    Kimmo Hujala
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, North Karelia Central Hospital, Joenuu, Finland
    Acta Otolaryngol 124:847-50

Scientific Experts

Detail Information

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  1. faculty biography for alan l. buchman, md
    www.medicine.northwestern.edu/scripts/bio.pl?pid=103
  2. idexx reference laboratories how to order spec cpl test
    www.idexx.com/animalhealth/laboratory/speccpl/treatment.jsp
  3. clinical nutrition: enteral nutrition
    healthlinks.washington.edu/nutrition/section5.html
  4. changi general hospital - general surgery
    www.cgh.com.sg/medical/generalsurgery.asp
  5. adult health advisor index: t to y
    www.fairview.org/healthlibrary/content/aha_index_6.htm
  6. chelsea and westminster nhs foundation trust
    www.chelwest.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patients-info.html
  7. medline publication: endotoxin-induced changes in igf-i differ in rats provided enteral vs. parenteral nutrition
    www.fred.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fred/medlinepub/10070010
  8. interventional radiology, rushuniversity medical center
    www.rpslmc.edu/rumc/page-1124119151569.html
  9. baylor health care system: gastroenterology fellowship facilities and resources
    www.baylorhealth.edu/Education/Fellowships/Gastro/facilities ...
  10. changi general hospital - gastroenterology
    www.cgh.com.sg/medical/gastroenterology.asp
  11. strong>interventional radiology
    www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/eclh_radiology/vir.html
  12. gastric dilatation-volvulus in dogs
    www.addl.purdue.edu/newsletters/1999/fall/gdv.shtml
  13. cystic fibrosis
    www2.kumc.edu/kids/specialty_CF.htm
  14. splenectomy - university of michigan pediatric surgery, ann arbor
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  16. endoscopy
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  17. information resources on ferrets
    www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/ferrets/veterinary.htm
  18. medical home portal - lisa samson-fang, md
    medhome.med.utah.edu/author/3
  19. interventional radiology
    www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/21973/router.asp
  20. chelsea and westminster nhs foundation trust - services
    www.chelwest.nhs.uk/services/anaesthetics/imaging.htm
  21. epidemiologic notes and reports childhood chloroquine poisonings -- wisconsin and washington
    www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00001067.htm
  22. vascular interventional radiology - procedures
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  23. science links japan | journal of japan surgical association
    sciencelinks.jp/j-east/journal/J/Z0103A/2002.php
  24. university of utah special considerations in sma infants
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  25. publication: superior mesenteric artery syndrome in a tube-fed patient
    www.fred.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fred/publication/8078454
  26. interventional radiology - dialysis patient management - the nebraska medical center
    www.nhsnet.org/services/radiology/dialysis.aspx
  27. children's hospital of wisconsin: gastroenterology program
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  28. fellowship in interventional radiology - scott & white - central texas
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  29. baylor health care system: medical futility and the texas advance directives act of 1999
    www.baylorhealth.edu/proceedings/13_2/13_2_fine.html

Research Grants4

  1. New Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches for Patients wit*
    Richard W McCallum; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Standard medical therapy may involve dietary modifications, combining prokinetic and antiemetic agents, placing gastrostomy/jenunostomy tubes for enteral nutrition and implanting a gastric electrical stimulator...
  2. Nonhematopoietic Developmental Functions of EPO
    Sandra E Juul; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..To determine the effect of mothers milk in conjunction with Epo, we will artificially rear rat pups using gastrostomy feedings of rat milk substitute to which specific total daily doses of Epo are added...
  3. Early Treatment of ALS with Nutrition and NIPPV
    Edward J Kasarskis; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Studies to date indicate that Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) and Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) improve survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), even though ..
  4. GENOTYPE CORRELATES AND CLINICAL TRIALS IN INHERITED EB
    JO-DAVID R FINE; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..or surgical interventions in groups of patients having more severe forms of EB, to include (a) early elective gastrostomy placement, (b) hand splinting, (c) use of one or more topical cytokine preparations and/or newer wound, healing ..

Publications62

  1. Clinical costs of feeding tube placement
    Jose Eduardo de Aguilar Nascimento
    Department of Surgery, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:269-73
    ..A solution to this problem will require focused attention and development of specific protocols, possibly using new technologies...
  2. DPEJ tube placement prevents aspiration pneumonia in high-risk patients
    Panagiotis H Panagiotakis
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah, 4R118 School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    Nutr Clin Pract 23:172-5
    Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or PEG tube with transgastric jejunostomy tube (PEG-J) feeding has not been shown to decrease aspiration pneumonia...
  3. DPEJ placement in cases of PEG insertion failure
    M Del Piano
    Gastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore della Carità Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy
    Dig Liver Dis 40:140-3
    ..In these cases, surgical gastrostomy or jejunostomy are possible alternatives; more recently, direct percutaneous jejunostomy (DPEJ) has been ..
  4. Acute complications associated with bedside placement of feeding tubes
    William N Baskin
    University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, 401 Roxbury Road, Rockford, IL 61107 5078, USA
    Nutr Clin Pract 21:40-55
    ..types of feeding tubes can be placed at a patient's bedside; examples include nasogastric, nasointestinal, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes...
  5. Enteral tube feeding and pneumonia
    David Sheridan Gray
    Sonoma Developmental Center, Eldridge, CA, USA
    Am J Ment Retard 111:113-20
    ..on the incidence of pneumonia, we performed a retrospective review of all clients at our institution who had gastrostomy or jejunostomy tubes placed over a 10-year period...
  6. The buried bumper syndrome: a simple management approach in two patients
    Rama P Venu
    Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 56:582-4
  7. Laparoscopic vs percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion: a new pediatric gold standard?
    Mohammed Zamakhshary
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia Children's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6H 3V4
    J Pediatr Surg 40:859-62
    BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Gastrostomy tube insertion is frequently performed in children...
  8. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement in the overweight and obese patient
    Sean E McGarr
    Section of Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:212-6
    BACKGROUND: Traditionally, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement in the obese patient has been considered a relative contraindication due to the impedance of gastric transillumination and inability to approximate the ..
  9. Optimal enteral feeding in children with gastric dysfunction: surgical jejunostomy vs image-guided gastrojejunal tube placement
    Mehul V Raval
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7223, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 41:1679-82
    PURPOSE: Long-term feeding access in children who fail initial gastrostomy is a management quandary...
  10. Early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy nutrition in head and neck cancer patients
    Kimmo Hujala
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, North Karelia Central Hospital, Joenuu, Finland
    Acta Otolaryngol 124:847-50
    ..Additional enteral nutrition has been provided by means of either nasogastric tube feeding, surgical gastrostomy, radiologic percutaneous gastrostomy or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)...
  11. Use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy in short bowel syndrome
    Alan L Buchman
    Intestinal Rehabilitation Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Transplant Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 17:787-94
    ....
  12. Effect of oral nutritional supplementation on weight loss and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube rates in patients treated with radiotherapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma
    Haidy Lee
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908 800383, USA
    Support Care Cancer 16:285-9
    ..radiation therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma reduced weight loss and the need for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement...
  13. Using rapid-cycle quality improvement methodology to reduce feeding tubes in patients with advanced dementia: before and after study
    Carol Monteleoni
    Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
    BMJ 329:491-4
    ..DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or jejunostomy tubes between March and September 2002...
  14. Percutaneous endoscopic, radiological and surgical gastrostomy tubes: a comparison study in head and neck cancer patients
    I K Rustom
    Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
    J Laryngol Otol 120:463-6
    A gastrostomy feeding tube has become the most acceptable method for long-term feeding support in patients with head and neck cancer...
  15. Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a surgical experience
    P Del Rio
    University of Parma, School of Medicine
    G Chir 27:388-91
    AIM: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a practical and safe option to place an alimentary gastrostomy. We observed that a relevant rate of complications are related to management of PEG...
  16. Comparison of gastrostomy tube replacement verification using air insufflation versus gastrograffin
    David T Burke
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:1530-3
    OBJECTIVE: To compare the safety of air insufflation as a contrast medium for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube replacement verification with that of the more traditional method using positive contrast material (..
  17. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children--a 5-year experience
    W G van der Merwe
    Paediatric Gastroenterology Service, Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town
    S Afr Med J 93:781-5
    INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been performed on children since 1979...
  18. A prospective comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and nasogastric tube feeding in patients with acute dysphagic stroke
    B B Hamidon
    Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine UKM, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Med J Malaysia 61:59-66
    ..Nasogastric (NG) and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding are recognized methods for nutritional support for patients with persistent neurologic ..
  19. Small bowel perforation after incomplete removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy catheter
    A Lattuneddu
    Department of General Surgery 1, Morgagni Hospital, Piazzi Solieri 1, 47100 Forlì, Italy
    Surg Endosc 17:2028-31
    Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-established technique for providing long-term nutritional support...
  20. Dysphagia management for progressive neurological conditions
    N Squires
    Speech and Language Therapy Department, Queen s Medical Centre, Nottingham
    Nurs Stand 20:53-7
    ..It is important that health professionals are aware of the available options and that they consider patients' wishes to meet their nutritional needs...
  21. Acceptability and outcomes of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement--patients' and care givers' perspectives
    Muhammad K Anis
    Department of Medicine, Section Gastroenterology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
    BMC Gastroenterol 6:37
    BACKGROUND: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube has now become a preferred option for the long-term nutritional support device for patients with dysphagia...
  22. Comparison of complications of percutaneous endoscopic versus surgically placed gastrostomy tubes in 42 dogs and 52 cats
    Brenda Jo Salinardi
    Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5701, USA
    J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 42:51-6
    Dogs and cats that had a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube or surgically placed gastrostomy (SPG) tube inserted were retrospectively analyzed to compare complication rates and the severity of complications...
  23. Peritonitis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy: where there is smoke, there may not be fire
    S Faias
    Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Endoscopy 38:745-8
    ..We present here three representative cases of negative surgical abdominal cavity explorations for presumed peritonitis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy and jejunostomy...
  24. Critical care nutrition: getting involved as a gastrointestinal endoscopist
    Stephen A McClave
    Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
    J Clin Gastroenterol 40:870-90
    ....
  25. Enteral feeding. Nasogastric, nasojejunal, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or jejunostomy: its indications and limitations
    C B Pearce
    Department of Gastroenterology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK
    Postgrad Med J 78:198-204
    ..The following article is intended to provide a review of the current state of enteral feeding; a rapidly changing and developing field. It covers the type of feed, the routes of access, and the problems that can occur with enteral feeding...
  26. Endoscopic approaches to enteral nutritional support
    James A Disario
    University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North 1900 East, 4R 118, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 20:605-30
    ..There are several methods for endoscopic placement of naso-enteric tubes. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is used for most persons requiring long-term support...
  27. Gastrostomy, esophagitis, and gastrointestinal bleeding in older adults
    T S Dharmarajan
    Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 5:228-32
    INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG) are commonly used in older adults with dysphagia and poor nutrition...
  28. Prophylactic gastrostomy placement and early tube feeding may limit loss of weight during chemoradiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer, a preliminary study
    R G J Wiggenraad
    Department of Radiotherapy, Leiden University Medical Center LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Clin Otolaryngol 32:384-90
    ..For these periods gastrostomy tubes have advantages over nasogastric tubes...
  29. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy risks rendering the gastric conduit unusable for esophagectomy
    G A Ohnmacht
    Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
    Dis Esophagus 19:311-2
    ..This case report involves a patient whose gastroepiploic artery became thrombosed by a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, rendering his gastric conduit unusable.
  30. Home enteral nutrition in adults: a European multicentre survey
    X Hebuterne
    Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hôpital de l'Archet, Nice, France
    Clin Nutr 22:261-6
    ..1%), or head and neck cancer (26.5%); the main reason for HEN was dysphagia (84.6%). A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (58.2%) or a naso-gastric tube (29.3%) were used to infuse commercial standard or high energy diets (65...
  31. Use of feeding tubes in elderly patients with dementia
    Brian J Wells
    Am Fam Physician 66:1836, 1838
  32. Efficacy of an overtube for reducing the risk of peristomal infection after PEG placement: a prospective, randomized comparison study
    Iruru Maetani
    Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    Gastrointest Endosc 61:522-7
    ..pull method of PEG placement, there is a significant risk of wound infection from contamination of the gastrostomy catheter as it passes through the oral cavity...
  33. Enteral feeding and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
    Susan Holmes
    Faculty of Health, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent
    Nurs Stand 18:41-3
    ..a nasogastric tube, while permanent feeding access is indicated for long-term feeding, most commonly through a gastrostomy. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a minimally invasive technique for placing a feeding tube and ..
  34. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in the neurosurgical intensive care unit: complications and outcome
    Demet Koc
    Anesthesiology Unit, Marmara University Institute of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:517-20
    ..Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) may be required for long-term feeding in these patients...
  35. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding in nursing homes: relatives' perceptions
    Ailsa M Brotherton
    University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
    Clin Nurs Res 16:350-69
    ..study is to explore the experiences of relatives of nursing home residents receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding...
  36. Fundoplication and gastrostomy versus image-guided gastrojejunal tube for enteral feeding in neurologically impaired children with gastroesophageal reflux
    Paul W Wales
    Division of Pediatric General Surgery and the Department Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Pediatr Surg 37:407-12
    ..impaired children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) usually are treated with a fundoplication and gastrostomy (FG); however, this approach is associated with a high rate of complications and morbidity...
  37. Insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes by a maxillofacial surgical team in patients with oropharyngeal cancer
    C J Lloyd
    North Wales Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Training Programme, Glan Clwyd District General Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales LL18 5UJ, UK
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 40:122-4
    This study assessed the clinical outcome after insertion of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEGT) by a maxillofacial team in a series of 54 patients...
  38. Prevention of gastroesophageal reflux using an application of half-solid nutrients in patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding
    Jiro Kanie
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:466-7
  39. Use of percutaneous gastrojejunostomy feeding tubes in the rehabilitation of stroke patients
    R Teasell
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Parkwood Hospital, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ont, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82:1412-5
    ..Complications caused by the tube were minor and all patients but 1 who were discharged with feeding tubes were able to manage the home tube-feeding program...
  40. [Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with dysphagia. A preliminary report]
    Barbara Tomik
    Kliniki Neurologii, II Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Collegium Medicum UJ w Krakowie
    Neurol Neurochir Pol 36:891-901
    Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been proposed as symptomatic treatment of dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients...
  41. The safety of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in patients with existing ventriculoperitoneal shunts
    Alison Saalwachter Schulman
    University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, 22908, USA
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 29:442-4
    BACKGROUND: Because the insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG) involves disruption of the gastrointestinal tract with potential peritoneal contamination, patients with indwelling ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts ..
  42. A two institution experience with 226 endoscopically placed jejunal feeding tubes in critically ill surgical patients
    Jeffrey M Nicholas
    Department of Surgery, Emory University Grady Memorial Hospital Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Surg 186:583-90
    ..Transendoscopic jejunal (TEJ) tube placement and TEJ tubes inserted simultaneously through percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) tubes (PEG/TEJ) were attempted to be placed distal to the LOT...
  43. Misplacement of percutaneously inserted gastrostomy tube into the colon: report of 6 cases and review of the literature
    Reuven Friedmann
    Department of Geriatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 31:469-76
    BACKGROUND: With the increasing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), rare complications are seen; one of them is misplacement of the tube into the colon. We describe the various clinical pictures and treatment approaches...
  44. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with T-bar fixation in children and infants
    N E Terry
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue, Suite 511, Savannah, GA 31404, USA
    Surg Endosc 22:167-70
    BACKGROUND: The standard for placement of pediatric gastrostomy tubes has been percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) using the Ponsky "pull" technique...
  45. Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy versus percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a comparison of indications, complications and outcomes in 370 patients
    Anne M Silas
    Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Eur J Radiol 56:84-90
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Both endoscopic and fluoroscopic gastrostomy tube placement are safe and effective...
  46. Dramatic changes in home-based enteral nutrition practices in children during an 11-year period
    Walter Daveluy
    Unité de Gastroentérologie, hépatologie et nutrition, Clinique de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, France
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 43:240-4
    ..006). The use of nasogastric tubes decreased from 63% in 1990 to 35% in 1998 (P = 0.009), and the use of gastrostomy increased from 50% to 60% from 1994 onward...
  47. Home enteral nutrition in children: an 11-year experience with 416 patients
    Walter Daveluy
    Unité de Gastroentérologie, hépatologie et nutrition, Clinique de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, France
    Clin Nutr 24:48-54
    ..Children received enteral feeding by nasogastric tube (53%), or gastrostomy (41%). A mechanical pump was used in 98% of the patients. The mean duration of treatment was 595+/-719 days...
  48. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy before multimodality therapy in patients with esophageal cancer
    Marc Margolis
    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, VAMC, Washington, DC, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 76:1694-7; discussion 1697-8
    BACKGROUND: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has not been widely used in esophageal cancer because of concerns about safety of dilatation, suitability of the stomach as an esophageal replacement, and potential for inoculation ..
  49. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients undergoing resection for oral tumors: a retrospective review of complications and outcomes
    A Chandu
    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Science, Austin and Reparation Medical Centre, University of Melbourne, 711 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Australia
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:1279-84
    PURPOSE: The use of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients undergoing resection for oral tumors is not universal, and varying complication rates have been reported...
  50. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: the preferred method of elective feeding tube placement in trauma patients
    Kevin M Dwyer
    Department of Trauma Services, Inova Regional Trauma Center, Falls Church, Virginia 22042-3300, USA
    J Trauma 52:26-32
    ..placed by the percutaneous endoscopic route resulted in fewer and less severe complications than open surgical gastrostomy (SG)...
  51. Small-bowel intussusception around a gastrojejunostomy tube resulting in ischemic necrosis of the intestine
    G C Hui
    Division of Image Guided Therapy, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8
    Pediatr Radiol 34:916-8
    ..This case suggests that close monitoring and confirmation of successful reduction is necessary in the treatment of GJ-tube-related small-bowel intussusception...
  52. Nurse-assisted PEG in children
    Alex C H Lee
    Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
    Br J Perioper Nurs 13:333-7
    ..5 kg). The complication rate was lower than previously reported paediatric series performed exclusively by medical practitioners. Four children required open conversion and one gastro-colic fistula was discovered five months later...
  53. [Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy--clinical experiences]
    Thomas Kjaergaard Larsen
    Odense Universitetshospital, Kirurgisk-Gastroenterologisk Afdeling A og Onkologisk Afdeling R
    Ugeskr Laeger 166:586-9
  54. [Relationship between esophageal lesions observed by endoscopy and nasogastric intubation: a study of 185 cases of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy]
    Han Suk Kim
    Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea
    Korean J Gastroenterol 42:461-7
    BACKGROUND/AIMS: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a method widely used for long-term enteral nutrition in dysphagia...
  55. Effect of timing and method of enteral tube feeding for dysphagic stroke patients (FOOD): a multicentre randomised controlled trial
    M S Dennis
    Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
    Lancet 365:764-72
    ..In the other, patients were allocated percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or nasogastric feeding. The primary outcome was death or poor outcome at 6 months...
  56. [Trangastric insertion of percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy]
    Marie-George Lapalus
    Gastroenterol Clin Biol 27:344-5
  57. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies: the burden of treatment from a patient perspective
    Sue Jordan
    School of Health Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
    J Adv Nurs 56:270-81
    ..BACKGROUND: The number of patients in the community relying on percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for their nutritional needs is increasing, but percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding is not problem-free...
  58. Spectrum of morbidity related to bolster placement at time of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: buried bumper syndrome to leakage and peritonitis
    Stephen A McClave
    Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 17:731-46
    Setting the external bolster at the time of placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a key factor in the spectrum of morbidity and complications related to the procedure...
  59. Medical and ethical aspects of long-term enteral tube feeding
    M Molly McMahon
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 80:1461-76
    ..We present our multidisciplinary approach that combines medical, nutritional, and ethical principles for the care of these patients...