[Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children]

The Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is currently the way initially of reference for the prolonged enterale food. The simplicity and the speed of the technique, the evolution of the materiel make that the pediatre and the surgeon pediatre are solicited and that the instalation is accessible to any endoscopist. The respect of the contre-indication and the rigour in the realization of the procedure are the key of the success of the endoscopic gesture, of the weak rate of morbidity and mortality