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Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients: results of tertiary institute

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To evaluate the use and complications of a prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in head and cancer patients in our institute. A retrospective study of 194 consecutive patients with a newly diagnosed upper aero digestive tract malignancy who underwent mainly prophylactic PEG tube placement. The procedure is relatively safe: 15 (7.7 %) of the complications were considered serious; no deaths occurred. Of the patients 23 (12.5 %) did not use the PEG tube at all, but it was not possible to single out a group of patients in which this could be predicted. The majority of the patients were considered to benefit from the prophylactic PEG insertion.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, PO Box 52, 20521, Turku, Finland

    Jaakko Pulkkinen, Jami Rekola, Mari Asanti & Reidar Grénman

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Pulkkinen, J., Rekola, J., Asanti, M. et al. Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients: results of tertiary institute. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 271, 1755–1758 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2699-2

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