A transgastric jejunal tube is an alternative when antireflux surgery fails, or is hazardous or inappropriate. Aims: To review experience of gastrojejunal (G-J) feeding over six years in two regional ...

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

There is overwhelming evidence that the maintenance of enteral feeding is beneficial in patients in whom oral ... Each unit should adopt and become familiar with a limited range of PEG tube equipment.

Four children had received AED administration via anasogastric (NG) tube prior to the PEG being placed. Four have subsequently had their PEG used for feeding on an ongoing basis and two report using ...

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 ...

PEG is an endoscopic procedure that creates a hole through the skin directly into the stomach in order to allow the placement of a stomach feeding tube. A PEG tube is a small tube made of soft plastic ...

The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement ... After this interval, PEG feedings can be initiated.

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...

Supplemental overnight PEG feeding was continued. On clinical review 3 months later, a tumour mass, with purulent discharge, was evident beside the PEG tube (figure 1A). This was confirmed as ...