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Our experience with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in spinal cord injured patients is described. We have shown it to be a safe, comfortable and easily managed method of providing an adequate nutritional and fluid intake in patients requiring long-term tube feeding. It avoids the risks of intravenous feeding and the serious complications of oesophageal ulceration and stricture, which may occur with prolonged nasogastric intubation.
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Frost, R., Rivers, H., Tromans, A. et al. The role of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in spinal cord injured patients. Spinal Cord 33, 416–418 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1995.92
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