Safety of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Centenarian Patients

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure; however, no study has evaluated the safety of PEG tube placement in patients over the age of 100 years. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of patient records for patients who underwent PEG tube place...

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Autores principales: Sobani, Zain A, Tin, Kevin, Guttmann, Steven, Abbasi, Anna A, Mayer, Ira, Tsirlin, Yuriy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28728345
http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2017.059

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