Clin Endosc.  2023 Jul;56(4):391-408. 10.5946/ce.2023.062.

Clinical practice guidelines for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

• Tae CH
• Lee JY
• Joo MK
• Park CH
• Gong EJ
• Shin CM
• Lim H
• Choi HS
• Choi M
• Kim SH
• Lim CH
• Byeon JS
• Shim KN
• Song GA
• Lee MS
• Park JJ
• Lee OY
• Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

• KMID: 2544561
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2023.062

Abstract

With an aging population, the number of patients with difficulty in swallowing due to medical conditions is gradually increasing. In such cases, enteral nutrition is administered through a temporary nasogastric tube. However, the long-term use of a nasogastric tube leads to various complications and a decreased quality of life. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the percutaneous placement of a tube into the stomach that is aided endoscopically and may be an alternative to a nasogastric tube when enteral nutritional is required for four weeks or more. This paper is the first Korean clinical guideline for PEG developed jointly by the Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research and led by the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. These guidelines aimed to provide physicians, including endoscopists, with the indications, use of prophylactic antibiotics, timing of enteric nutrition, tube placement methods, complications, replacement, and tube removal for PEG based on the currently available clinical evidence.

Keyword

Endoscopy; Gastrostomy; Guideline; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Risk of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion site infection based on the administration of prophylactic antibiotics. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; CI, confidence interval.

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  Fig. 2. Meta-analysis of early versus late feeding after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. (A) The incidence of minor adverse events. (B) Significant increase in gastric residual volume. (C) All-cause mortality within 72 hours. M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; CI, confidence interval.

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