Table 1: Indications, 30 days mortality rate and morbidity rate for minor. major and early complications. according
to gastrostomy indications.
Indications |
Effective (%) |
Complications Minor |
Major |
30-days Mortality |
Gastrostomy for Enteral Nutrition Neurological diseases Oto-rhino-laryngeal
tumors Lung tumors Various abdominal diseases Other general diseases TOTAL
|
143
(48.8%) 50
(17%) 24
(8%) 21
(7%) 10
(3%) 248
(85%) |
20
(8%) 0
(0%) 8
(3.2%) 3
(1.2%) 2
(0.8%) 33
(11%) |
15
(6%) 0
(0%) 8
(3.2%) 2
(0.8%) 1
(0.4%) 26
(8.8%) |
9 (6.3%) 14 (18.9%) 12 (50%) 3 (14.3%) 2 (20%) 40 (16.1%) |
Gastrostomy for Gastric Decompression
Peritoneal carcinomatosis Abdominal diseases Airways diseases* Other general diseases TOTAL |
24
(8%) 19
(6%) 1
(0.3%) 1
(0.3%) 45
(15%) |
5
(10.9%) 2
(4.4%) 0
(0%) 0
(0%) 7
(15.5%) |
1
(2.2%) 1
(2.2%) 1
(2.2%) 0
(0%) 3
(6%) |
4 (16.7%) 3 (15.8%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 8 (17.7%) |
TOTAL** |
293 (100%) |
|
|
|
*Airways
pathologies concern both oto-rhino-laryngeal tumors
and lung tumors.
**Cohort of 293
surgical gastrostomies, 248 (85%) gastrostomy for enteral nutrition and 45
(15%) for gastric decompression.