Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in elderly patients

Finucane, P., Aslan, S. and Duncan, Donna Georgina 1991. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in elderly patients. Postgraduate Medical Journal 67 (786) , pp. 371-373. 10.1136/pgmj.67.786.371

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Abstract

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed on 28 elderly patients (mean age 82 years) who were dysphagic and intolerant of naso-gastric feeding. Twenty-six patients were recovering from a stroke; the interval between the onset of stroke and PEG averaged 63 days. The procedure was successful and well tolerated by all patients. Nineteen (68%) still had a functioning PEG a median of 14 weeks after placement. One patient whose swallowing recovered had the tube removed 6 months after its insertion. Seven patients (25%) subsequently died from their underlying disease, a mean of 92 days following PEG. There was one procedure-related death from peritonitis. PEG is a useful alternative to surgical gastrostomy in selected elderly patients with dysphagia who are intolerant of naso-gastric feeding.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0032-5473
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2022 01:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64535

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