Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

Vargo JJ, Ponsky JL. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Clinical Applications. MedGenMed 2(4), 2000 [formerly published in Medscape Gastroenterology eJournal 2(4), 2000]. Available at ...

The search terms used were “enteral access”, “enteral nutrition”, “nutrition”, “critical care”, “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy” and “percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy”.

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A procedure that involves wrapping a part of the stomach around the lower part of the esophagus to treat certain gastrointestinal conditions. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic ...

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This is typically used for longer-term nutrition if the patient isn’t a candidate for any of the options below. Gastrostomy Tube: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube: A PEG tube is placed ...

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

They said the hospital would give him a tracheotomy and a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) to allow him to be fed through his stomach. The family's solicitors sent a letter to Alder Hey ...