Prophylactic versus reactive PEG tube placement in head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-412

  Kramer, Scott ^a   Newcomb, Matthew ^a   Hessler, Joshua ^a   Siddiqui, Farzan ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrostomy; head and neck cancer; nutrition; PEG tube

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBE; PROPHYLACTIC PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT; REACTIVE PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; NUTRITION; PEG TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896823371     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813517081     Document Type: Article

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