| Literature DB >> 31911776 |
Atsushi Naganuma1,2, Ayaka Kishi2, Yusuke Ogawa2, Tomohiro Kudo1,2, Yoshizumi Kitamoto3, Tetsushi Ogawa2,4, Hideto Oishi5.
Abstract
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often performed for nutritional management in advanced esophageal cancer. We here report a patient who initially received enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube and in whom the subsequent use of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing (PTEG) circumvented the need for a gastrostomy. It is believed that PEG is less painful than a nasogastric tube. However, we selected PTEG because a PEG would have been within the planned irradiation field and there was concern about radiation dermatitis. We were able to administer chemoradiotherapy with sufficient nutrition via an enteral feeding tube via esophagostomy. PTEG is a very useful tool in patients at risk of radiation dermatitis of the abdomen.Entities:
Keywords: Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing; Radiation dermatitis
Year: 2019 PMID: 31911776 PMCID: PMC6940444 DOI: 10.1159/000504569
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Case Rep Oncol ISSN: 1662-6575