title: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: new management of a difficult problem.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Foutch
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sanowski
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans