In the morning, he was taken back to the endoscopy suite where endoscopic clips were employed to close the gastric wall defect and a PEG tube was replaced at an adjacent site. The patient was fed 24 ...
The colonic perforations were sutured and covered with omentum. Gastrostomy tube was replaced under direct vision into the stomach. There are various recognised complications of PEG tube insertion, ...
Each unit should adopt and become familiar with a limited range of PEG tube equipment. Careful adherence to the important technical details of tube insertion will reduce peri-procedural complications.
Introduction Most patients needing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding have incurable neurological disease, often with behavioural difficulty. Patient traction on tubing and weight ...
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 ...
The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement. Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic ...
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