Costs varied by patient age (table 1). Button devices had much higher equipment costs than PEG tube devices with a Mini button device using £573.38 of consumables each year compared to £279.34 for a ...

Methods A 6-year retrospective review of PEG tube placements in patients with compound hiatus hernia. All patients had prior failed attempts using the conventional ‘finger indentation’ technique. The ...

Introduction Most patients needing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding have incurable neurological disease, often with behavioural difficulty. Patient traction on tubing and weight ...