Comparing open gastrostomy tube to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube in heart transplant patients

INTRODUCTION: Impaired wound healing due to immunosuppression has led some surgeons to preferentially use open gastrostomy tube (OGT) over percutaneous gastrostomy tube (PEG) in heart transplant patients when long-term enteral access is deemed necessary. METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample (NIS)...

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Autores principales: Ambur, Vishnu, Taghavi, Sharven, Jayarajan, Senthil, Gaughan, John, Toyoda, Yoshiya, Dauer, Elizabeth, Sjoholm, Lars Ola, Pathak, Abhijit, Santora, Thomas, Goldberg, Amy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2016.03.023

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