Complications of percutaneous gastronomy in patients with head and neck cancer - An analysis of 42 consecutive patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-276

  Walton, G M ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gastrostomy; Maxillofacial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NECK CANCER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROSTOMY; MOUTH TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032585672     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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