After long-term use of a nasogastric tube resulted in complications, this five-year-old now requires an urgent procedure to ...

PEG tubes, or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes, and G-tubes facilitate nutritional support when oral intake is insufficient. The market includes low profile G-tubes, which are discreet and ...

Background: Since it was described in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been a widely used method for insertion of a gastrostomy tube in patients who are unable to swallow or ...

Background: Dysphagia is a common complication of stroke and often leads to the need for modified diets and alternate feeding routes. Length of stay (LOS) for stroke patients requiring percutaneous ...

Typically, both catheters are placed as a unit or a preexisting PEG is converted to a PEJ by advancing a jejunal feeding tube through the existing gastrostomy tube.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is most commonly performed for long-term enteral feeding access and/or gastric decompression. 1 The PEG procedure was first described by ...

Background: The circumstances for morbidity differ between acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The need for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement may be ...

The present study purposed to compare naïve and exchanged percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes in terms of Helicobacter pylori infection and other clinical characteristics. METHODS: A total of 96 ...

Q: Does tube feeding help wound healing? A: The decision to place a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) is a difficult one. The inability to eat or drink often accompanies people ...

Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the most commonly used access for long-term enteral nutrition. Only a few studies report the prevalence and epidemiology of PEG placements. No ...