Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: new management of a difficult problem.
Under appropriate conditions, enteral feeding is the preferred method of nutritional management. Nasoenteric tube feeding may be adequate for short-term use but a more permanent indwelling gastrostomy tube is favored when long-term nutritional support is planned. PEG has several advantages over the surgical approach and should be considered the procedure of choice.
Haynes
W C
WC
Gastroenterology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.
Foutch
P G
PG
Sanowski
R A
RA
D000075202:Contraindications; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans