Safety of the One Step Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (Push-PEG) Button in Pediatric Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)-systems are essential tools for enteral feeding in a broad variety of pediatric patients. The One Step ("Push-PEG") technique allows the direct introduction of a PEG-Button. The aim of the study was to investigate the safety and parental view of the Push-PEG technique.

Methods

We conducted a single-center retrospective data and questionnaire (SDC, http://links.lww.com/MPG/D296 ) based study including all pediatric patients receiving a PEG via push or pull technique between 2015 until end of 2020 and compared these 2 groups. The primary outcome was the detection of minor and major complications. Secondary outcomes were growth, thriving, and parental contentment using a Likert-scaled questionnaire.

Results

Eighty-thre

SUBMITTER: Brinkmann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642703 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature