Outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement using a T-fastener gastropexy device in head and neck and esophageal cancer patients

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement by the pull technique in head, neck, and esophageal cancer patients has a high complication rate, particularly in infections, and a small risk of tumor implantation. The T-fastener gastropexy technique uses a transabdominal approach to place t...

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Published in:	Nutrition in clinical practice Vol. 25; no. 6; p. 658
Main Authors:	Chadha, Krishdeep Singh, Thatikonda, Chandana, Schiff, Michael, Nava, Hector, Sitrin, Michael D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.12.2010
Subjects:	Enteral Nutrition - instrumentation Enteral Nutrition - methods Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology Esophageal Neoplasms - therapy Female Gastroscopy - instrumentation Gastroscopy - methods Gastrostomy - instrumentation Gastrostomy - methods Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy Humans Infection - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Neoplasm Staging Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome
ISSN:	1941-2452, 1941-2452
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