Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in children is not a minor procedure: risk factors for major complications

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Vervloessem, Dirk ^a   van Leersum, Frank ^a   Boer, Dirk ^a   Hop, Wim C J ^a   Escher, Johanna C ^a   Madern, Gerard C ^a   de Ridder, Lissy ^a   Bax, Klaas N M A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Laparoscopic assisted PEG; Laparoscopy; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG); Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROCOLIC FISTULA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRAABDOMINAL BLEEDING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63449119981     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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