Laparoscopic-assisted gastrostomy techniques reduce major complications compared with endoscopic placement among a pediatric population.

Dysphagia is a common neurologic deficit following ischemic stroke. As a result, patients often require percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement for safe maintenance of sufficient ...

Cite this: The Who, What, Why, and How-To Guide for Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Infants - Medscape - Aug 01, 2003. Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using ...

Complications of gastrostomy tube placement and enteral feeding are common. However, most are minor and without serious adverse effects, such as superficial skin infections, peristomal leakage, tube ...

My mom has dementia and problems with her esophagus due to diverticulitis, which has stopped her from eating normal foods. She never listened to my advice to stop eating everything she wanted, and now ...

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who get a feeding tube placed after losing a lot of weight are more likely to die within a few months than those who receive feeding support before ...

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 ...

Background Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion is a well-established method of long term enteral feeding. Although artificial feeding in the context of neurodegenerative disease ...

A PEG tube, also known as a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, is a medical device that is inserted through the abdominal wall into the stomach for feeding and medication purposes. It is a ...