Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children - A 5-year experience

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 781-785

  van der Merwe, W G ^a   Brown, R A ^a   Ireland, J D ^a   Goddard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242474628     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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