Insertion techniques of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in head and neck cancer patients

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [PEG] has become the most common method of providing enteral nutrition, PEG is usually a safe and easy procedure; however it might be difficult or impossible to introduce the flexible oesophago-gastroscope and the feeding tube in head and neck cancer cases. Authors reviewed in the literature the various insertion techniques to overcome difficulties faced during PEG procedure in head and neck cancer and presented a case of their own