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Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with Stamm gastrostomy.

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Grant, JP
Published in: Ann Surg
May 1988

In a review of 125 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies (PEG) and 88 Stamm gastrostomies performed at Duke University Medical Center since 1978, the average operating room time for PEG (50 +/- 20 min) was shorter than for Stamm (96 +/- 26 min) (p less than 0.0001). General anesthesia was administered in only 13% of PEG placements compared with 64% of Stamm gastrostomies. The cost of PEG was about $1000 less than for Stamm gastrostomies. The average time after surgery until use of the feeding tube was 1.8 days for PEG compared with 3.4 days for Stamm (p less than 0.0001). The overall complication rate after PEG was 8.8% (4.0% major) compared with 23.9% for Stamm gastrostomies (10.2% major) (p less than 0.005). PEG reduces operative time, necessity for general anesthesia, expense of insertion, incidence of complications, and requires less recovery time before use. PEG is the procedure of choice for gastric feeding access.

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Ann Surg

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0003-4932

Publication Date

May 1988

Volume

207

Issue

5

Start / End Page

598 / 603

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Gastrostomy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Gastroscopes
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Anesthesia, General
 

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Grant, J. P. (1988). Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with Stamm gastrostomy. Ann Surg, 207(5), 598–603. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198805000-00014
Grant, J. P. “Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with Stamm gastrostomy.Ann Surg 207, no. 5 (May 1988): 598–603. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198805000-00014.
Grant, J. P. “Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with Stamm gastrostomy.Ann Surg, vol. 207, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 598–603. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00000658-198805000-00014.

Published In

Ann Surg

DOI

ISSN

0003-4932

Publication Date

May 1988

Volume

207

Issue

5

Start / End Page

598 / 603

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Gastrostomy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Gastroscopes
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Anesthesia, General