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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction Percutaneous enteral gastrostomy (PEG) tube complications including displacement are a common presentation to hospital. To prevent tract closure following tube displacement, bedside ...