Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic findings, such as peptic ulcer disease and gastric outlet obstruction, that ultimately led to ...

The search terms used were “enteral access”, “enteral nutrition”, “nutrition”, “critical care”, “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy” and “percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy”.

A procedure that involves wrapping a part of the stomach around the lower part of the oesophagus to treat certain gastrointestinal conditions. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an ...

This is typically used for longer-term nutrition if the patient isn’t a candidate for any of the options below. Gastrostomy Tube: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube: A PEG tube is placed ...

Big-hearted rugby players are among the supporters who go the extra mile to enhance the life of much-loved little girl, Grace ...

This was putting increasing pressure on health and social care services. The delay was due to home care support workers not having the knowledge and skills to care for people with complex needs i.e.

Louise, from Houston in Renfrewshire, was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of epilepsy, weeks after suffering her first ...

A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube is a narrow tube that is inserted through the skin and into the stomach to provide nutrition and medication. The family has been told that ...

The areas of clinical research interest are inflammatory bowel disease, small bowel endoscopy, coeliac disease, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding, ...

They said the hospital would give him a tracheotomy and a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) to allow him to be fed through his stomach. The family's solicitors sent a letter to Alder Hey ...

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...