Feasibility and Safety of Overtubes for PEG-Tube Placement in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Background. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement using the “pull” technique is commonly utilized for providing nutritional support in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, but it may be complicated by peristomal metastasis in up to 3% of patients. Overtube-assisted PEG placement might...

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Autores principales: Musumba, Crispin O., Hsu, Julia, Ahlenstiel, Golo, Tutticci, Nicholas J., Nanda, Kavinderjit S., van der Poorten, David, Lee, Eric Y., Kwan, Vu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25977688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/612610

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25977688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/612610

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