Percutaneous endoscopic versus surgical gastrostomy in patients with benign and malignant diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

To compare the complications and mortality related to gastrostomy procedures performed using surgical and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy techniques, this review covered seven studies. Five of these were retrospective and two were randomized prospective studies. In total, 406 patients were invol...

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Main Authors: José Gonçalves Pereira Bravo, Edson Ide, Andre Kondo, Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Eduardo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Paulo Sakai, Wanderley Marques Bernardo, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2016-03-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322016000300169&lng=en&tlng=en