Early accidental removal of a PEG tube in patients without sepsis or peritonitis can be safely treated with simultaneous endoscopic closure of the gastrotomy and PEG tube replacement, resulting in ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) provides a non-surgical alternative ... However, a commercial replacement gastrostomy tube is many times more expensive than a Foley catheter, and the ...

There is little published data on the longevity of PEG tubes. We aimed to assess this within our adult nutrition service, where we use Freka tubes preferentially and only plan replacement if tube ...

Early accidental removal of a PEG tube in patients without sepsis or peritonitis can be safely treated with simultaneous endoscopic closure of the gastrotomy and PEG tube replacement, resulting in ...

Methods A 6-year retrospective review of PEG tube placements in patients with compound hiatus hernia. All patients had prior failed attempts using the conventional ‘finger indentation’ technique. The ...

For this reason, PEG tube replacement was performed in these three patients. The procedure was repeated in four patients because of the deformation of tubes. Longest observation was achieved in ...