Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Surgical gastrostomy is a frequently utilised technique in clinical practice on patients with di minished oral in take due to benign or malig nant pathologies.But in most of the cases, the performance of this technique turns out to be a difficult or impossible task due to the traumatic effects of either anesthesia or surgery, since the majority of gastrostomy patients are of high risk group.Thus as an alternative and less traumatic method, percutaneus endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is being widely used since it can be per formed without general anesthesia and without a major complication.
Authors: Sezer GÜRER, Fatih HİLMİOĞLU
Institutions: Inonu University, Başkent University, Başkent University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7142563335