title: Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has become the procedure of choice for the establishment of enteral feedings in most clinical settings. Minor modifications in the technique and tools of PEG may have had some effect on the type of complications seen with this procedure. The major and minor complications of PEG are reviewed with a focus on those manipulations that may assist in reducing the incidence of common complications of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Schapiro
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Edmundowicz
mesh_terms: D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology