TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety and efficacy of overtubes for preventing cutaneous metastasis during PEG tube placement in patients with head and neck cancer : a single-center study
AU - Musumba, Crispin O.
AU - Hsu, Chiao-Yun (Julia)
AU - Ahlenstiel, Golo
AU - Tutticci, Nicholas J.
AU - Nanda, Kavinderjit S.
AU - Der Poorten, David Van
AU - Lee, Eric Y.
AU - Kwan, Vu
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are commonly placed in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients at risk of malnutrition. However, PEG placement using the ‘pull' technique is complicated by macroscopic and microscopic cutaneous peristomal metastases in 0.5-3% and 9.4%, respectively, leading to a dismal prognosis. Overtube-assisted PEG placement might reduce the risk of cutaneous tumor seeding.
AB - Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are commonly placed in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients at risk of malnutrition. However, PEG placement using the ‘pull' technique is complicated by macroscopic and microscopic cutaneous peristomal metastases in 0.5-3% and 9.4%, respectively, leading to a dismal prognosis. Overtube-assisted PEG placement might reduce the risk of cutaneous tumor seeding.
KW - head
KW - neck
KW - cancer
KW - percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
KW - tubes
KW - metastasis
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:41561
U2 - 10.1016/j.gie.2014.05.246
DO - 10.1016/j.gie.2014.05.246
M3 - Article
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 79
SP - AB280-AB280
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
IS - 5S
ER -
