Feasibility and Safety of Overtubes for PEG-Tube Placement in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Table 2

Procedural results of 53 patients with HNC undergoing successful overtube-assisted PEG placement.

	= 53
Indication for PEG placement
Prophylactic	47 (88.7%)
Reactive	6 (11.3%)
Mean time to PEG removal, months (range)	5 (3–10)
Median follow-up after PEG placement, months (range)	16 (2–32)
PEG-tube related complications
Peristomal infection	3 (5.7%)
Peristomal pain	3 (5.7%)
PEG-tube dislodgement	1 (1.9%)
Overtube-related complications	Nil
Overt peristomal cutaneous tumor metastasis	Nil