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TECHNIQUE AND COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Davidson P. M.,
CattoSmith A. G.,
Beasley S. W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00606.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , gastrostomy , general surgery , percutaneous , surgery , finance , peg ratio , economics
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is now a well‐established technique in children. In this study of 63 children (mean age 7.8 years, youngest 2.4 months), technical problems associated with insertion of the gastrostomy tube, and complications related to the procedure, were analysed. Complications included wound infection, oesophageal injury (probably sustained during extraction of the guide wire) and symptomatic gastro‐oesophageal reflux (GOR) occurring after PEG insertion. Many of these complications can be avoided or reduced in likelihood by refinements to the technique of insertion.