Experiences, early and late complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy during medium-term follow up

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is one of the most useful tools for enteral nutrition. It has been shown that the nutritional status and the overall survival, occasionally the quality of life can be improved with placement of PEG catheter to ensure adequate nutritional support. PEG catheter can be inserted in patients in various neurological diseases in which the adequate nutritional status cannot be achieved because of functional causes and also anatomical lesions i.e. head and neck cancers. Aim: The retrospective evaluation of the quality of life, the rate of occurrence of early and late complication…