Pull Yöntemi İle Perkütan Endoskopik Gastrostomi Yapılan 36 Hastanın Analizi.

Aim: The aim of the present study is to evaluate demograhic characteristics, indications and complications of patients who were performed percutaneous endoscopic gastroenterostomy in our endoscopy unit. Material And Method: 36 patients with different indications were performed percutaneous endoscopic gastroenterostomy between January 2007 and March 2012 in our endoscopy unit. PEG were placed in all of the patients by Pull method. demographic characters, indications, major and minor complications were determined retrospectively. Results:Patients who were enrolled in the study were consisted of 22 (%61.2) male and 14 (% 38.8) female patients. Patients with norologic disease comes first with the rate of % 77 between the indications of PEG. There was one major complication. One patient was died because of major complication and septic shock that was occured during and after the procedure. Furthermore systemic candidiasis because of gastroenterostomy tube was seen in one patient. Different minor complications including the superficial infections (% 22.2, 8 patients) which was the most common were occured. Discussion:Percutaneous endoscopic gastroenterostomy is the longstanding enteral nutrition tecnique that is cheap, is performed easily and does not need operation room. Although low rates of complications, it must not be forgetted that this is an invasive procedure and can cause fatal complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]