ABSTRACT
AIM: To determine prospectively the long-term evolution of patients with neurological diseases after insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). METHODS: 109 PEG were performed in 99 consecutive patients (49 females, 50 males), mean age 75 years (range: 20-97 years) as an alternative to a nasogastric tube. Patients were enterally fed because of chronic neurological swallowing difficulties: cerebrovascular disease 38, dementia 27, disordered swallowing mechanisms in elderly patients 10, motor neurona disease and multiple sclerosis 10, neuro-surgical disease 6, Parkinson's disease 3, brain tumor 3, neo-natal encephalopathy 1, HIV encephalopathy 1. The procedure took place in a dedicated endoscopy room. In all cases, prophylatic antibiotics were given and the PEG tube was inserted by the "pull" technique. RESULTS: PEG insertion was technically succesful in all cases. After PEG insertion, all patients were subsequently discharged to local nursing home facilities. 85/99 patients were long-term followed-up on an outpatient basis, 25% of them were followed for more than a year. The mean follow-up time was 3 months (range: 1-24 months). The most frequent complication were minor: local wound infection 6, ostomy leakage 8, silicon degradation 16, leading to the removal of the PEG and the placement of a new PEG tubes in 10 cases. Two major complications were observed : one gastric perforation and death 2 months after the PEG placement and one gastrocolic fistula. No aspiration pneumonia was reported. In one patient, PEG was removed after recuperation of a normal swallowing. All patients had a nutritional improvement. A total of 11 deaths occurred during the follow-up, related to the neurological disorder in 10/11 cases. Nursing home team, patient's physicians and patient's families found PEG manipulations easier than naso-gastric tube. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that PEG is a method of choice for enteral feeding of patients with chronic neurological disorders. PEG is well-tolerated, leading to an improvement in nutritional status and offering good facilities for home nursing.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Deglutition Disorders/therapy , Gastroscopy , Gastrostomy/methods , Nervous System Diseases/therapy , Multicenter Studies as Topic , Deglutition Disorders/etiology , Enteral Nutrition , Follow-Up Studies , Gastrostomy/adverse effects , Gastrostomy/standards , Nervous System Diseases/complications , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
En el transcurso de 2 años (1988-1990) se estudiaron 373 pacientes por ERCP para determinar la etiología de una colestasis. En 190 se encontraron cálculos en la vía biliar principal. Treinta y nueve fueron tratados quirúrgicamente y en 151 se efectuó EPE y diferentes técnicas de extracción. En 12 pacientes de este grupo de utilizó como tratamiento adicional ESWL para fragmentar cálculos que ho habían podido ser extraídos con canastilla o litotripsia mecánica. De los 12, 9 eran mujeres y 3 varones con un promedio de edad de 71 años (rango 32-90). Nueve estaban colecistectomizados y 3 tenían vesícula. La litiasis coledociana fue única en 4, y 5 tenían 2 cálculos. En los restantes se comprobaron 3 o más litos. El diámetro de los cálculos superó los 2,5 cm. en 11 pacientes. Sólo en 1 fue de 1 cm. Se efectuaron entre 1200 y 5000 disparos en cada sesión, con un promedio de 1400. En 8 pacientes (66%) la fragmentación permitió la evaluación completa, espontánea o instrumental. Se fracasó en 4 casos que recibieron una sola sesión de ESWL. Se registró hematobilia leve en 1 paciente y equimosis de piel y dolor en 2. En los 8 pacientes en los que se consiguió la eliminación total de los cálculos no hubo complicaciones alejadas. El empleo de ESWL resultó ser un recursos terapéutico útil en el tratamiento de cálculos coledocianos que no pudieron ser extraídos por EPE y maniobras instrumentales con canastilla y litotripsia mecánica