None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who were diagnosed with ALS and underwent PEG at our hospital from December 2002 to December 2024 are eligible, and only patients undergoing PEG insertion for the first time are eligible.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) PEG tube change (if the procedure was performed using an existing gastrostomy tract from a previous procedure), 2) Balloon type PEG insertion, 3) Excluding patients who underwent the procedure more than twice even if PEG was performed using a new gastrostomy tract, 4) poor record keeping, short follow-up period (within 1 month)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| complication; (1) bleeding, (2) infection, (3) necrotizing fasciitis, (4) peritonitis, (5) perforation, (6) buried bumper syndrome, (7) tube dislodgement, (8) intramural hematoma of esophagus, (9) pneumoperitoneum with symptoms, (10) injury to adjacent organ, (11) peristomal infection. All listed complications are combined and evaluated as a single variable called complications. | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactJin Hwa Park
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Outcome results
None listed