Letter to the Editor on “Risk of tumor implantation in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in the upper aerodigestive tumors”. Can the “non-pull” methods and the surgical approaches be definitively discarded? Letter to the Editor: can we definitely discard the “non-pull” methods and the surgical approaches for gastrostomy placement?
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, aerodigestive tumors, PEG site metastases, “non-pull” methods, discard of the surgical strategies
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2. Montes de Oca MK, Nye A, Porter C, et al. Head and neck cancer PEG site metastases: Association with PEG placement method. Head Neck. 2019 May;41(5):1508-1516.
3. Rowell NP. Tumor implantation following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion for head and neck and oesophageal cancer: Review of the literature. Head Neck. 2019 Jun;41(6):2007-2015.
4. Fung E, Strosberg DS, Jones EL, et al. Incidence of abdominal wall metastases following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in patients with head and neck cancer. Surg Endosc. 2017 Sep;31(9):3623-3627.
5. Siu J, Fuller K, Nadler A, et al. Metastasis to gastrostomy sites from upper aerodigestive tract malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Jan 8.
6. Metkus JS, Cognetti D, Curry J. Percutaneous gastrostomy site metastasis from head and neck tumors: A single institution case series. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2017 Nov 22;2(6):395-397.