Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is theorized that excessive air insufflation, prolonged procedure time, and multiple percutaneous ...

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An accredited therapeutic endoscopist should be a member of the NST and direct the technical aspects of the service. Every endoscopy unit in an acute hospital setting should provide a basic ...

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Patients with a disease duration of 20–22 years (N=320) were prospectively followed up for a median of 45 months (IQR 23–89) for the new occurrence of fracture, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, ...

He was nil by mouth and fed with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube. Mr Burroughs had prolonged admission in hospital from September 6 to November 23 2023 and readmitted on ...

In these cases, venting percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (VPRG) may be useful. Existing evidence is based on retrospective studies with methodological limitations. The purpose of this study is to ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (per-kew-tay-nee-us trans-hep-attic col ... This can cause: You usually have a PTC if you can't have an endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP). Or if ...

1 Nantes University, CHU Nantes, Movement - Interactions - Performance (MIP), UR 4334; and Nantes University Hospital, Medical Intensive Care Unit; Nantes, France 2 Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and ...

stamhealth.org Objective Echocardiography-guided Percutaneous IntraMyocardial Septal Radiofrequency Ablation (PIMSRA, Liwen procedure) is a novel treatment option for hypertrophic obstructive ...

Background The majority of endoscopic antireflux procedures for GERD are cumbersome to use and randomised long-term data are sparse. We conducted such a trial to determine the efficacy and safety of a ...