Open AccessSurvival of geriatric patients after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in Japan
Author(s) -
Yutaka Suzuki,
Seryna Tamez,
Akihiko Murakami,
Akihiko Taira,
A Mizuhara,
Akira Horiuchi,
Chie Mihara,
Eiji Ako,
Hirohito Muramatsu,
Hitoshi Okano,
Hitoshi Suenaga,
Kazuaki Jomoto,
Junya Kobayashi,
Katsunari Takifuji,
Kenichi Akiyama,
Koh Tahara,
Kōji Onishi,
Makoto Shimazaki,
Masami Matsumoto,
Masashi Ijima,
Masato Murakami,
Masato Nakahori,
Michiaki Kudo,
Michio Maruyama,
Mutsuo Takahashi,
Naohiro Washizawa,
Shigeru Onozawa,
Satoshi Goshi,
Satoyoshi Yamashita,
Shigeki Ono,
Shin Imazato,
Shinji Nishiwaki,
Shuichiro Kitahara,
Takao Endo,
Takao Iiri,
Takeshi Nagahama,
Takuto Hikichi,
Tatsuya Mikami,
Tetsuo Yamamoto,
Tetsushi Ogawa,
Tomoko Ogawa,
Takao Ohta,
Toshifumi Matsumoto,
Toshiroh Kura,
Tsutomu Kikuchi,
Tsuyoshi Iwase,
Takeshi Tsuji,
Yukio Nishiguchi,
Mitsuyoshi Urashima
Publication year - 2010
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.v16.i40.5084
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , hazard ratio , confidence interval , gastroenterology , proportional hazards model , surgery , peg ratio , blood urea nitrogen , creatinine , finance , economics
To examine the long term survival of geriatric patients treated with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in Japan.