Long-term outcome of children receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to analyze the long-term follow-up of children receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in terms of survival, nutritional outcome, and weaning from enteral nutrition. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the complications related to PEG and the outcome of patients with neurological disability.

Methods: The present study was a single-center retrospective study including all of the 368 patients who underwent PEG from 1990 to 2003 in our tertiary hospital.