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01-06-2014 | Head and Neck

Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients: results of tertiary institute

Authors: Jaakko Pulkkinen, Jami Rekola, Mari Asanti, Reidar Grénman

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Issue 6/2014

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To evaluate the use and complications of a prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in head and cancer patients in our institute. A retrospective study of 194 consecutive patients with a newly diagnosed upper aero digestive tract malignancy who underwent mainly prophylactic PEG tube placement. The procedure is relatively safe: 15 (7.7 %) of the complications were considered serious; no deaths occurred. Of the patients 23 (12.5 %) did not use the PEG tube at all, but it was not possible to single out a group of patients in which this could be predicted. The majority of the patients were considered to benefit from the prophylactic PEG insertion.

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Title: Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients: results of tertiary institute
Authors: Jaakko Pulkkinen
Jami Rekola
Mari Asanti
Reidar Grénman
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2699-2

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