Safety of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Centenarian Patients

• Main Authors: Zain A Sobani (Author), Kevin Tin (Author), Steven Guttmann (Author), Anna A Abbasi (Author), Ira Mayer (Author), Yuriy Tsirlin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure; however, no study has evaluated the safety of PEG tube placement in patients over the age of 100 years. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of patient records for patients who underwent PEG tube placeme...