Fifty-six (65.9%) of the present patients having PEG procedures had neurological disorders. Other indications were nasopharynx cancer, esophagus cancer, and aspiration problems. Percutaneous ...

The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis characterizing patients receiving tube feeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement between 2004 and 2012 at ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is theorized ...

Although the prophylactic use of antibiotics to reduce wound infection in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is widespread, there is controversy surrounding this usage in ...

A phase II open-label, multicenter, study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivoceranib in subjects with recurrent or metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

Advanced Radiation Therapy Technology Use in the Treatment of Bone Metastases in a Public, Salary-Funded, Non-Incentivized Health Care System Demographics, clinical variables, and patient outcomes ...