The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis characterizing patients receiving tube feeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement between 2004 and 2012 at ...

Research suggests that parents who have children who require gastrostomy feedings have a number of specific concerns during the first year, including adequate growth, lack of interest or enjoyment ...

Long-term result of out-patient intra-arterial chemotherapy in patients with stage II and III oral cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

A research team from United States determined the rate of use and non-use of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes among patients with head and neck cancer patients. They found ...

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At City Hospital, Birmingham, the use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes has increased over the last decade. However, once the PEGs were in situ - placed through an artificial ...

PEG tube nursing care: Care must be taken when deciding to use, siting and managing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG tubes) to avoid errors or complications that could prove fatal ...

Tracheostomy and gastrostomy tube interventions are common procedures for patients with head and neck and esophageal cancer, which are both highly prevalent at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), the ...

Gastrostomy tube site leakage and subsequent skin breakdown, the most common complications of gastrostomy tubes, occur when one or both of the seals are broken, causing the tube to be ineffective or ...