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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

8 years of clinical experience in 232 patients

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Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is now a standard method for providing long-term enteral nutrition in patients who are unable to swallow. The aim of our study was to document clinical data that would allow prediction of a possible complicated clinical course.

Methods: The study was carried out retrospectively. Clinical data of patients having received a PEG tube by a single endoscopic technique were analyzed.

Results: Some 5.17% of 232 patients showed complications requiring surgery including a mortality rate of 0.43%. Patients with complications had a significantly lower body mass index and there was a significantly higher complication rate in patients having obstructive malignancies compared with benign diseases.

Conclusions: Low body mass index and advanced malignancies are predictors for complications after PEG application. Early installation should help prevent further nutritional deterioration and the related risk of complications.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Graz, Karl Franzens Universität, Auenbruggerplatz 15, A-8036 Graz, Austria, , , , , , AT

    W. Amann, H. J. Mischinger, A. Berger, G. Rosanelli, W. Schweiger, G. Werkgartner, J. Fruhwirth & H. Hauser

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  1. W. Amann
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Received: 31 May 1996/Accepted: 26 November 1996

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Amann, W., Mischinger, H., Berger, A. et al. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) . Surg Endosc 11 , 741 –744 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900440

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