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Percutaneous fluoroscopic gastrostomy
Author(s) -
Laing Barbara,
Smithers Mark,
Harper John
Publication year - 1994
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.1326-5377.1994.tb127451.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , enteral administration , aspiration pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , parenteral nutrition , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , fluoroscopy , feeding tube , surgery , pneumonia , gastrostomy , tertiary referral hospital , radiology , retrospective cohort study , physics , finance , peg ratio , optics , economics
Objective To assess the safety of percutaneous fluoroscopic gastrostomy (PFG) tube insertion for enteral nutrition. Design and setting The records of 70 consecutive patients who had a PFG procedure at a tertiary referral hospital (Princess Alexandra Hospital) were analysed retrospectively. Main outcome measure Incidence of morbidity and mortality from PFG. Results Sixty‐nine of 70 procedures were successfully performed. There were two deaths secondary to aspiration pneumonia and a morbidity rate of 13%. These figures are comparable with results from other series. Conclusion PFG is a safe, effective procedure for enteral nutrition.