Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Clinical Experience and Follow-up

Outcomes of Surgical, Percutaneous Endoscopic, and Percutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomies

“…9,13 Despite the minor invasiveness of endoscopic place- ment of percutaneous feeding tubes, [14][15][16] major and minor complications remain a topical problem. [17][18][19][20] The purpose of this descriptive and retrospective investigation was to determine success rates, outcome, minor and major complication rates, and procedurerelated mortality in patients having undergone PEG placement, percutaneous radiological gastrostomy (PRG), and SG in a university teaching hospital.…”

Practice parameter: The care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (An evidence-based review)

“…39,40 People with PEG can often continue to swallow some liquids and solids. Patients and families are generally positive regarding PEG, [41][42][43] although the impact of PEG on quality of life in ALS has not been studied in detail.…”

“…PEG or percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy does not prevent aspiration pneumonia. 41,43,[50][51][52][53][54] Therefore, prevention of aspiration pneumonia is not an indication for PEG. 46 The major risk factors for post-PEG pneumonia include a pre-PEG history of aspiration pneumonia, presence of reflux esophagitis during endoscopy, and concurrent infection.…”

Percutaneous enterogastric tube dislodgement in tetraplegics

“…In the able-bodied population the complication rate associated with PEG placement was 2.5-16% with a mortality rate of 1-2.5%. [1][2][3] Even though a similar complication rate of 17.5% was found in the neurologically impaired population, endoscopic gastrostomy is felt to be a safe, effective and practical method of chronic enteral alimentation in the neurologically impaired. 4 We report on three patients who developed complications related to gastrostomy tube placement: one patient suffered microscopic perforation after a routine change; the other two developed gastric tube dislodgement.…”