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Safety of pull-type and introducer percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes in oncology patients: a retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) allows long-term tube feeding. Safety of pull-type and introducer PEG placement in oncology patients with head/neck or oesophageal malignancies is unknown. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 299 patients undergoing PEG tube placement between Janu...

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Autores principales: Van Dyck, Evi, Macken, Elisabeth J, Roth, Bernard, Pelckmans, Paul A, Moreels, Tom G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21410958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-23