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Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 135-138 , September 2011

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Enteral Feeding of the Elderly

Huan-Lin Chen
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Taitung-Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
Shou-Chuan Shih
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
Ming-Jong Bair
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Taitung-Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
- Correspondence to: Ming-Jong Bair, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, No. 1, Lane 303, Changsha Street, Taitung, Taiwan.
I.-Tsung Lin
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Taitung-Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
Chia-Hsien Wu
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Taitung-Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 28 May 2010 ,Revised 18 April 2011 ,Accepted 14 June 2011.

The procedure of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. (A) A full examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum should be performed before the PEG procedure. (B) The plastic outer sheath (introdu

The procedure of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. (A) A full examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum should be performed before the PEG procedure. (B) The plastic outer sheath (introducer catheter) in the gastric cavity is noted. (C) A guidewire is threaded through the introducer catheter into the gastric cavity, and the PEG bumper can be inserted into the stomach. (D) The PEG bumper is in the appropriate position within the stomach.
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