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P Burkitt1, L M Carter, A B Smith, A Kanatas.
Abstract
Enteral feeding is an essential part of the management of patients with a history of treatment of head and neck cancer. There are three main types of feeding gastrostomy: surgical, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG). The associations between serious complications (such as mortality, peritonitis, and infection) and these procedures in this group of patients is the topic of this systematic review.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20952109 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.09.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg ISSN: 0266-4356 Impact factor: 1.651