title: [Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. An enteral nutrition variable].
abstract: The study of 26 patients who required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) at the Endoscopic Surgery Center of the Calixto Garc a Central University Hospital,La Habana, Cuba, is presented in this report. Sixty two percent (62%) underwent this exam due to cancerous tumors in the esophagus and the remaining to non-cancerous disorders that promoted dysphagia. The average duration of the exam was 10 minutes. Two patients reported complications after the gastrostomy: one due to the rupture of the catheter s balloon and the other due to an abscess in the puncture zone. No deaths were reported.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Central Calixto Garcia, Cuba.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Díaz Canel Fernández
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruíz Torres
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acosta Nieblas
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Martínez Oliva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors