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Percutaneous feeding gastrostomy
Author(s) -
Hollands Michael J.,
Fletcher John P.,
Young Joan
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb128471.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , percutaneous , gastrostomy , surgery , complication , parenteral nutrition , incidence (geometry) , optics , economics , physics , finance , peg ratio
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes have been inserted in 50 patients with no mortality and minimal morbidity. The principal indications for their insertion were an inability to swallow (39 patients), a need for nutritional support (eight patients) and venting (three patients). The most common complication was peristomal wound infection (14 patients), the incidence of which was reduced significantly by the use of single‐dose prophylactic antibiotic therapy. Percutaneous gastrostomies provide adequate nutrition with minimal morbidity in an acceptable way to both patients and those who care for them.