Prophylactic PEG placement in head and neck cancer: How many feeding tubes are unused (and unnecessary)?

AIM: To determine the rate of use and non-use of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. METHODS: All patients with HNC undergoing PEG between January 1, 2004 and June 30, 2006 were identified. Patients (or their next-of-k...

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Main Authors: Madhoun, Mohammad F, Blankenship, Matt M, Blankenship, Derek M, Krempl, Greg A, Tierney, William M
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 2011
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057142/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21448351
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.1004
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