Safety of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Centenarian Patients

• DOI: 10.5946/ce.2017.059
• Publication Date: 2017-07-21T07:42:32Z
• Authors: Zain A Sobani; Kevin Tin; Steven Guttmann; Anna A Abbasi; Ira Mayer; Yuriy Tsirlin
• Keywords: Centenarian; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure; however, no study has evaluated the safety of PEG tube placement in patients over age 100 years.We conducted retrospective review patient records for who underwent placement. Thirty aged years and older were identified random sample 275 was selected comparison.The mean 80.6±16.2 years. No procedure-related deaths or major complications identified; overall inpatient mortality rate 7.6%. Minor noted 4% (n=12) patients. Centenarian predominantly female (80% [n=24] vs. 54% [n=147], p=0.006), with 100.5±0.9 There significant difference procedural success rates (93.3% 97.4%, p=0.222) (6.7% [n=2] 7.7% [n=21], p=1.000) between two groups. However, higher minor complication (13.3% [n=4] 2.9% [n=8], p=0.022).Success rates, associated tubes are comparable to those observed younger at our center; however higher. These findings lead us believe that may be safely attempted carefully this subset population.