in recent decades, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ( peg), has changed feeding and care of patients who can not feed orally. this outpatient procedure is done in most of the endoscopy wards and provides care, nutrition and medications for these patients outside the hospital. peg has rare complications and significantly reduces the cost of care and treatment .with invention of this procedure...

background: tube feeding is used for patients, who are not able to eat orally but their digestive system can digest food. this method is safe and economical for patients, maintains the functions of the digestive system and reduces the risk of infection and sepsis. however, incorrect administration of this method of feeding results in problems such as aspiration pneumonia, infection, diarrhea, n...

The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes and the complications between the 2 most adopted procedures for gastrostomy placement: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and laparoscopic gastrostomy (LG) in children. We present our study on 69 patients (male: 46/female: 23): group 1 (37 patients, 54%) undergoing PEG, group 2 (32 patients, 46%) undergoing LG. A total of 5 major complicat...

Long gap esophageal atresia with or without tracheo-esophageal fistula may require feeding gastrostomy as a part of staged reconstruction.[1] We have devised a technique to secure/anchor the feeding gastrostomy (Stamm gastrostomy) more easily and safely. Five neonates underwent feeding gastrostomy by this technique. Out of five patients, four patients had tracheo-esophageal fistula with long ga...

CONTEXT We describe a late complication of the pancreatico-gastrostomy (PG) anastomosis following pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD). CASE REPORT A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube was inserted many months post-operatively. In this patient activated pancreatic enzymes eroded the gastrostomy tract, resulting in pain, recurrent infection and eventual removal of the gastrostomy ...

AIMS To determine benefits and risks for gastrostomy or jejunostomy feeding compared with oral feeding for children with cerebral palsy. METHODS Systematic review. SEARCH STRATEGY electronic databases--Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Lilacs, databases of theses, grey literature. INCLUDED: relevant systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, observational studies, case repor...

INTRODUCTION Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) submitted to radiotherapy alone or combined chemoradiotherapy present a high prevalence of malnutrition at baseline. Prophylactic use of gastrostomy has been suggested for these patients for delivering enteral nutrition. On the other hand, other authors have failed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this measure over nasogastric tube feedin...

OBJECTIVE Pediatric gastric access for long-term enteral feeding may be performed via a laparotomy, laparoscopy, or a percutaneous approach. In children and adolescents, laparoscopic-assisted gastrostomy may be difficult due to a thick abdominal wall. Therefore, if the abdominal wall is estimated to be >2 cm on physical examination, or in children in whom a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy w...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is usually difficult in patients with malignant involvement of oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus. Flouroscopic guided insertion of Gastrostomy catheter with Gastropexy have gained acceptance because it is easy and less time consuming as well as less invasive as compare to surgical procedure. This study was done to evaluate the safety and efficacy ...

Presence of a nasogastric tube is a risk factor for the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Alternatively, gastrostomy can be used for administration of enteral feedings. To determine whether early performance of gastrostomy affects frequency of VAP, a randomised, controlled study was carried out in patients mechanically ventilated for stroke or head injury. In the gastrostomy...