For patients requiring long-term (> 4 weeks) jejunal nutrition, jejunal medication delivery, or
decompression, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with jejunal extension (PEG-J) or …

Through examination of the anatomic changes that result following various operations,
defined in this review via anatomic location, the differences in nutritional requirements of …

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: In patients who experience difficulties in oral feeding, alimentary
intake can be supported by creating direct access into the stomach through a percutaneous …

Purpose To compare the safety and efficacy of CPG in the rectus abdominis and intercostal
regions. Materials and methods This retrospective study included 226 patients who …

Purpose We retrospectively compared the complications, blood biochemical indexes and
outcomes in patients with swallowing disturbances receiving nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding …

Background: Optimizing nutrition is essential for recovery after major surgery or severe
illness. Feeding tubes (FT) can be placed in patients limited by oral enteral nutrition. Given …

OBJECTIVES During the postoperative phase of lung transplantation, the surgical creation
of a gastro-jejunostomy (GJ) may be deemed necessary for patients with severe …

BACKGROUND Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-established,
minimally invasive, and easy to perform procedure for nutrition delivery, applied to …

Locally advanced esophageal cancer often presents with dysphagia and can be
complicated by aspiration pneumonia. Therefore, nutritional management is important to …

Malnutrition is a disease leading to unfavourable changes. It affects 35-55% of hospitalized
patients, and in the case of cancer even 40-90% of patients. Screening nutritional status …