Gastrostomy Placement and Management in Children: A Single-Center Experience

BACKGROUND: To prevent malnutrition and food aspiration in children with chronic neuromuscular problems, enteral nutrition provided by gastrostomy is recommended. Long-term follow-up data about surgical and medical complications of PEG are available, but few papers have addressed all of the issues i...

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Main Authors: Grazia Di Leo, Paola Pascolo, Kamar Hamadeh, Andrea Trombetta, Sergio Ghirardo, Jurgen Schleef, Egidio Barbi, Daniela Codrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/7/1555