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The role of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in spinal cord injured patients
R A Frost1, H Rivers, A M Tromans
1Salisbury District Hospital, UK.
Paraplegia
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
Our experience with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in spinal cord injured patients is described. We have shown it to be a safe, comfortable and easily managed method of providing an adequate nutritional and fluid intake in patients requiring long-term tube feeding. It avoids the risks of intravenous feeding and the serious complications of oesophageal ulceration and stricture, which may occur with prolonged nasogastric intubation.