title: [Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Experiences with the first 10 cases in a medical department].
abstract: Enteral nutrition has many advantages over parenteral nutrition and is being increasingly used. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is performed under local anaesthesia by means of a gastroscope inserted for 15-20 minutes. From January 1993 til January 1994 we performed ten percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies in patients suffering mainly from stroke and dysphagia. The article includes a description of the method and the results. The mean application time for the gastrostomies was 67.9 days (14-238 days). No serious complication was observed, two local wound infections were noted. It is concluded that percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a safe and efficient method for enteral nutrition. The method seems to have few complications, is cheap and is simple to perform.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Ostfold sentralsykehus, avdeling Sarpsborg.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hauge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Perkutan endoskopisk gastrostomi. Erfaringer fra de ti første i en medisinsk avdeling.