Recent experience with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/J) for enteral nutrition

Prospective study of percutaneous endosc

Prospective study of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes versus nasogastric tubes for enteral feeding in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing (chemo)radiation

✍ June Corry; Wendy Poon; Narelle McPhee; Alvin D. Milner; Deborah Cruickshank; Sa 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 121 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Background Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes have largely replaced nasogastric tubes (NGTs) for nutritional support of patients with head and neck cancer undergoing curative (chemo) radiotherapy without any good scientific basis. ## Methods A prospective study was co