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The use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes in patients with neurological disease

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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is being used increasingly in the treatment of patients with neurogenic dysphagia to improve nutrition and prevent choking and aspiration pneumonia. PEG is used in a wide range of general medical conditions, but its role in clinical neurology is sometimes controversial. This paper reviews the place of PEG in the management of 32 patients with a variety of chronic and progressive neurological disorders. All the patients found it to be an effective and acceptable method of feeding that prevented weight loss, reduced chest infections, facilitated nursing care and improved their quality of life. PEG has an important role in neurological rehabilitation.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Hospitals Trust, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD, United Kingdom, , , , , , GB

    J. E. R. Britton, P. D. Mohr & A. C. Young

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom Tel.: 44 161 276 4316 Fax: 44 161 276 8779, , , , , , GB

    G. Lipscomb

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Hospitals Trust, Stott Lane, Salford M6 8HD, United Kingdom, , , , , , GB

    W. D. Rees

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Received: 13 January 1997 Received in revised form: 10 March 1997 Accepted: 6 April 1997

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Britton, J., Lipscomb, G., Mohr, P. et al. The use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes in patients with neurological disease. J Neurol 244, 431–434 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004150050117

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