Diagnosis of patients undergoing PEG insertion as a day-case procedure
Diagnosis | Patients (n) | Indication for PEG | |
Head and neck cancer | 15 | Prophylactically before surgery or radiotherapy | |
Motor neurone disease | 3 | Dysphagia | |
Multiple sclerosis | 3 | Dysphagia (1 re-insertion) | |
Stroke | 5 | Dysphagia (1 re-insertion) | |
AIDS | 2 | Severe anorexia & malnutrition | |
Other | 3 | Dysphagia | |
2 | Malnutrition |