Aplicacion de la gastrostomía percutánea en ORL

1. Madrigal Revuelta, Marina
2. Zegarra Molina, Olga Marcela
3. Martín Batista, Susana
4. Enterría González, A.
5. Gil-Carcedo García, Luis María

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Gastrostomy is a very useful technique to maintain an adequate nutritional status in patients with head and neck cancer. It presents very good acceptability and complete adherence of treatments. DISCUSSION: PEG is a good nutritional option for our oncological patients. It is a minimally invasive method with low morbility and mortality rates, low economical cost and very good social acceptability. We summarize the main ENT indications of this technique. CONCLUSION: Our department indicate the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck cancer who are unable to maintain an adequate nutritional status and need enteral nutrition for more than 8 weeks. Its acceptability is very good and complications are generally minor ones. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy should replace to nasogastric feeding tubes and to open gastrostomy in patients with short life expectancy.

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