Hemorrhage and gastric perforation in patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

PEG is more and more used for those patients who need a medium and above all long term enteral nutrition, especially at home. This is the closest technical system to the requirements to have an ideal nutritional access; however it is burdened, on average in 32.5% of cases, with complications linked...

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Published in:	Annali italiani di chirurgia Vol. 74; no. 2; p. 195
Main Authors:	Angiò, L G, Versaci, A, Rivoli, G, Fracassi, M G, Rosato, A, Pacilè, V, Famulari, C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Italian
Published:	Italy 01-03-2003
Subjects:	Abdomen, Acute - etiology Abdomen, Acute - surgery Adult Enteral Nutrition Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery Gastrostomy - adverse effects Gastrostomy - nursing Humans Intubation, Gastrointestinal - adverse effects Intubation, Gastrointestinal - instrumentation Jejunostomy Laryngectomy Male Middle Aged Neck Dissection Omentum - surgery Stomach - injuries Stomach - surgery Surgical Stomas
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