Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Children: Experience from Single Center of a Developing Country

[摘要] Introduction: Nutrition is of paramount importance for adequate growth and development of a child. Various routes of providing enteral nutrition to a paediatric patient are by nasogastric, nasojejeunal and gastrostomy which can be placed surgically or endoscopically. The objectives of this study were to review cases with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) procedure and patient characteristics, indications, complications and outcome of PEG tube insertion in children at our center.

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] Percutaneousendoscopic gastrostomy;enteral nutrition;nutrition;gastrostomy