Pull method percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy using transnasal ultrathin endoscopy in head and neck cancer
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Pull method percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy using transnasal ultrathin endoscopy in head and neck cancer.
Dysphagia due to tumor ulcers and stomatitis induced by chemoradiotherapy is painful; it is therefore crucial and urgent to establish a surgical enteral feeding route in patients with head and neck cancer to avoid malnutrition and improve treatment compliance [1]. However, common trismus caused by surgical resection, reconstruction, and, mostly, radiation fibrosis often compromise flexible endo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-111709