Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Complications in the short and long-term follow-up and efficacy on nutritional status

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-26

  Varnier, A ^a   Iona, L ^a,b   Dominutti, M C ^a   Deotto, E ^a   Bianchi, L ^a   Iengo, A ^a   Zacquini, S ^a   Di Benedetto, P ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Unit   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nutritional status; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646466630     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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