Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), first described by Gauderer et al in 1980, is a method of placing a tube into the stomach percutaneously, aided by endoscopy. PEG tube placement is one of the most commonly performed endoscopic procedures, and an estimated 100,000-125,000 are performe...
Patients should be counseled regarding the increased risks in approximately one-third of individuals and that complications can occur even 10 years following implantation.SummaryAlthough implant peg placement has declined dramatically over the past decade, a precise and meticulous technique under intravenous...
RESULTS: The two groups were similar with regard to age, gender, baseline nutritional status, and indications for PEG placement. On the first day of ... TL Mccarter,SC Condon,RC Aguilar,... - 《American Journal of Gastroenterology》 被引量: 206发表: 1998年 Antenatal betamethasone compared ...
Objective Offering and recommending PEG tube placement to patients has been a topic of considerable interest in the medical literature. The role of individ... AR Burakoff - 《American Journal of Gastroenterology》 被引量: 125发表: 2003年 Radiologic percutaneous gastrostomy: Results in 56 patients ...
The mechanisms responsible for the cytokine-induced and glucocorticoid-induced increases are now well documented, but not so in the case of phenobarbital. The main purpose of this study was to assess whether phenobarbital acts on α1-AGP synthesis in the liver at the transcriptional or ...
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Cemiplimab in combination with induction chemotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced lacrimal sac squamous cell carcinoma. Letter Author:Baiad, Abed A;Dahoud, Jade;Arthurs, Bryan;Bakalian, Silvin;El-Hadad, Christian 438 News (Medical) associated with Cemiplimab-RWLC ...
Repeat PEG tube placement is safe and may be performed as an outpatient procedure. The almost uniformly favorable results with PEG tubes have not been shared by percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) tubes. The indications for PEJ tubes are gastric distention, delayed gastric emptying, p...