Gastrostomy tube placement and use in patients with head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-428

  Locher, Julie L ^a,b,c,d   Bonner, James A ^b   Carroll, William R ^b,e   Caudell, Jimmy J ^b,f   Kilgore, Meredith L ^b,c,d   Ritchie, Christine S ^a,b,c,d,g   Roth, David L ^a,b,c,d,g   Tajeu, Gabriel S ^b   Yuan, Ya ^b   Allison, Jeroan J ^h  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e Kentucky   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrostomy tube; head and neck cancer; nutritional support; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube; prophylactic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856968438     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21753     Document Type: Article

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