Ruohoalho , J , Aro , K , Makitie , A A , Atula , T , Haapaniemi , A , Keski-Santti , H , Kylanpaa , L , Takala , A & Back , L J 2017 , ' Prospective experience of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes placed by otorhinolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons : safe and efficacious ' , European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology , vol. 274 , no. 11 , pp. 3971-3976 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4732-3
Title: | Prospective experience of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes placed by otorhinolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons : safe and efficacious |
Author: | Ruohoalho, Johanna; Aro, Katri; Makitie, Antti A.; Atula, Timo; Haapaniemi, Aaro; Keski-Santti, Harri; Kylanpaa, Leena; Takala, Annika; Back, Leif J. |
Contributor organization: | Korva-, nenä- ja kurkkutautien klinikka Clinicum University of Helsinki Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology Department of Surgery II kirurgian klinikka Anestesiologian yksikkö Department of Diagnostics and Therapeutics HUS Head and Neck Center HUS Perioperative, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine |
Date: | 2017-11 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 6 |
Belongs to series: | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology |
ISSN: | 0937-4477 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4732-3 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/298077 |
Abstract: | Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often the treatment of choice in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients needing long-term nutritional support. Prospective studies on PEG tube placement in an otorhinolaryngologist service are lacking. At our hospital, otolaryngologist-head and neck (ORL-HN) surgeons-have performed PEG insertions for HNC patients since 2008. We prospectively analyzed 127 consecutive HNC patients who received their PEG tubes at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery, and evaluated the outcome of PEG tube insertions performed by ORL-HN surgeons. To compare time delays before and after, PEG placement service was transferred from gastrointestinal surgeons to ORL-HN surgeons, and we retrospectively analyzed a separate group of 110 HNC patients who had earlier received PEG tubes at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery. ORL-HN surgeons' success rate in PEG insertion was 97.6%, leading to a final prospective study group of 124 patients. Major complications occurred in four (3.2%): two buried bumper syndromes, one subcutaneous hemorrhage leading to an abscess in the abdominal wall, and one metastasis at the PEG site. The most common minor complication was peristomal granulomatous tissue affecting 23 (18.5%) patients. After the change in practice, median time delay before PEG insertion decreased from 13 to 10 days (P <0.005). The proportion of early PEG placements within 0-3 days increased from 3.6 to 14.6% (P <0.005). PEG tube insertion seems to be a safe procedure in the hands of an ORL-HN surgeon. Independence from gastrointestinal surgeons' services reduced the time delay and improved the availability of urgent PEG insertions. |
Subject: |
PEG
Head and neck cancer Complications Nutrition Enteral feeding ABDOMINAL-WALL METASTASIS OF-THE-LITERATURE CANCER-PATIENTS RISK-FACTORS COMPLICATIONS INSERTION MORTALITY CARCINOMA SITE 3125 Otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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