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Endoscopic Gastrostomy Proves Safer Than Surgical Gastrostomy in Global Study

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was associated with lower odds of blood transfusion, colon perforation, and mortality than surgical gastrostomy. The technique was also associated with higher odds ...
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Use of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (pPEG) tube in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients and correlation of weight loss with treatment interruptions.

Practice patterns and outcomes following radiation dose de-escalation for oropharyngeal cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting ...
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Early feeding safe after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Despite the common clinical practice of delaying feedings after [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)] ...
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Analysis of nationwide trends and outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement in hospitalized cancer patients over a 13 year period.

Romiplostim management of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. Phase III open label randomized controlled trial comparing intravenous iron sucrose to oral ferrous sulphate (without erythropoiesis ...