Abstract

PEREZ, Oscar et al. Gastrostomía endoscópica percutánea: Experiencia en el servicio de gastroenterología del hospital militar “Dr. Carlos Arvelo” en el lapso de 15 meses. Gen [online]. 2010, vol.64, n.4, pp.335-338. ISSN 0016-3503.

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) was fi rst described in 1980, and soon became a boom as a result of being and easy, safe and simple method. The main benefi t is that of starting an early enteric feed and of being a low risk, low cost-benefi t procedure, with a reduced inpatient term and a lower risk of infection if compared with surgical gastrostomy. Purposes: Demonstrating that percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a safe method, with few complications, which may guarantee feeding patients with diseases preventing oral feeding. Methods: 21 PEG tubes were placed by using the PULL technique. Results: out of the 21 performed procedures, 15 (71.42%) were male patients and 6 (28.57%) were female, and 6 of them presented stroke-related neurological defi cits (28.57%), 3 stenosing esophageal tumors (14.28%), 2 corresponded to craneoencephalic trauma (9,5%) and 2 lesions of intracranial space occupation (9,5%); the rest corresponds to one patient per each of the pathologies below, with a 4.76 ratio respectively: spinal space occupying lesions, nasopharyngeal cancer, tonsil cancer, gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, limitation of mouth opening after maxillary tumor surgery, vocal cord epidermoid cancer, larynx cancer, and gastroesophageal fi stula. Services that requested more the services were: Neurology and Oncology, 6 requests each (28.57%, relevantly), Neurosurgery: 5 (23.80%), Gastroenterology: 2 (9.5%), ICU: 1 (4.76%), and Outpatient: 1 (4.76%). Of the 21 performed procedures, no complication arose either before, during or after placing the PEG tube.

Keywords : Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.