Open AccessIs percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement safe in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts?
Author(s) -
Jin-Soo Kim,
Yongwan Park,
Hyung-Keun Kim,
Young-Seok Cho,
SungSoo Kim,
Na-Ri Youn,
Hiun-Suk Chae
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.3148
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , peg ratio , surgery , complication , shunt (medical) , retrospective cohort study , percutaneous , finance , economics
To investigate whether percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is safe in patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts.