Experience of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy at Massachusetts General Hospital - Indications and Complications

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 560-563

  So, J B Y ^a,b   Ackroyd, F W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Enteral feeding; PEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032241782     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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