Literature Review Comparing Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomies in a Pediatric Population

Table 1

A summary of the reports found in the literature describing complications after minimally invasive gastrostomy in children using two different techniques, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) or Video-Assisted Gastrostomy (VAG) or laparoscopic gastrostomy.

	Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG	Video-Assisted Gastrostomy VAG	Statistics∗
Number of children reported, 𝑛=4331	3304	1027
Number of gastrointestinal complications	42(1, 27%)	0	𝑃<.05^∗
Number of publications, four publications reported both PEG and VAG. Total: 54 publications	31	19

∗Statistical method: 𝐹 test.