Gastrostomy tube feeding in children: a single-center experience
PEG is a safe technique for providing long-term enteral nutrition in children, with neurological disease being the most common clinical indication. Our experience demonstrated significant weight gain in children after one year of PEG, with frequent but well-controlled complications.
Authors
- Andreas Nydegger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-3580)
- Alain Schoepfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-9536)
- M Pagliaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3057-1848)
- Vu Dang Chau Tran
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-024-03582-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.12