Major complications resulting from PEG tube placement include peritonitis, hemorrhage, aspiration, peristomal wound infection, buried bumper syndrome, and gastrocolic fistula. Decompression ...

or PEG, tubes is often taught, a comprehensive understanding of the broader clinical context — such as proper patient selection, prevention of complications, and postplacement care — is not ...

Researchers sought to identify studies on enteral feeding and its effects on nutrition status, survival, and quality of life in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers.