Impact of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on malnutrition and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer-a randomized study

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Silander, Ewa ^a   Nyman, Jan ^a   Bove, Mogens ^b   Johansson, Leif ^c   Larsson, Sven ^d   Hammerlid, Eva ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Orthopaedics   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

early enteral nutrition; head and neck cancer; malnutrition; PEG; quality of life; randomized study

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MOUTH CAVITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455214052     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21700     Document Type: Article

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