Unplanned hospitalizations in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with (chemo)radiotherapy with and without prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Unplanned hospitalizations in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with (chemo)radiotherapy with and without prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Abstract Background Current studies about percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement report equivalent patient outcomes with prophylactic PEG tubes (pPEGs) versus common nutritional support. Unreported was if omitting a pPEG is associated with an increased risk of complications leading...

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Main Authors: Beat Bojaxhiu, Binaya K. Shrestha, Pascal Luterbacher, Olgun Elicin, Mohamed Shelan, Andrew J. S. Macpherson, Benjamin Heimgartner, Roland Giger, Daniel M. Aebersold, Kathrin Zaugg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Head and neck cancer
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Morbidity
PEG
Radiotherapy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01727-9

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