Long-term enteral nutrition by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Authors

  • Helena Cortez-Pinto Assistente Hospitalar de Gastrenterologia Serviço de Medicina lI e Grupo de Nutrição do Hospital de San­ta Maria, Lisboa
  • M. Lourdes Tavares Assistente Hospitalar Graduada de Medicina Interna Serviço de Medicina II e Grupo de Nutrição do Hospital de San­ta Maria, Lisboa
  • M. Ermelinda Camilo Assistente Hospitalar Graduada de Gastrenterologia, Serviço de Medicina II e Grupo de Nutrição do Hospital de San­ta Maria, Lisboa
  • Miguel Carneiro de Moura Director de Serviço, Serviço de Medicina II e Grupo de Nutrição do Hospital de San­ta Maria, Lisboa

Keywords:

pharyngeal tumor, enteral nutriti­on, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Abstract

Long-term enteral nutrition requires an access which provides comfort and efficacy. The deve­lopment of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been of particular value to patients with mechanical problems of swallowing, such as this one with a pharyngostoma after resection of a pharyngeal neoplasia.

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1997-06-30

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Cortez-Pinto H, Tavares ML, Camilo ME, Carneiro de Moura M. Long-term enteral nutrition by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. RPMI [Internet]. 1997 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 May 17];4(2):89-91. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2204

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (1997): Abril/ Junho

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Case Reports

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