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T1  - Prospective experience of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes placed by otorhinolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons : safe and efficacious 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/298077 
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A1  - Ruohoalho, Johanna; Aro, Katri; Makitie, Antti A.; Atula, Timo; Haapaniemi, Aaro; Keski-Santti, Harri; Kylanpaa, Leena; Takala, Annika; Back, Leif J. 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - 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 a... 
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KW  - 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 
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