Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Indications, technique, complications and management

Table 1 Conditions for which patients are commonly referred for insertion of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Neurological diseases and psychomotor retardation

Cerebrovascular disease

Motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Multiple sclerosis

Parkinson’s disease

Cerebral palsy

Dementia

Cerebral tumor

Psychomotor retardation

Reduced level of consciousness

Head injury

Intensive care patients

Prolonged coma

Cancer

Head and neck cancer

Esophageal cancer

Miscellaneous

Burns

Congenital anomaly (e.g., trachea esophageal fistula)

Fistulae

Cystic fibrosis

Short bowel syndromes (such as Crohn’s disease)

Facial surgery

Poly-trauma

Chronic renal failure

HIV/AIDS

Gastric decompression

Abdominal malignancy

HIV/AIDS: Human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.