PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN INFANTS

After a trial of 1 month of nasogastric tube feeding, three infants (a ged 5 - 14 mo) underwent percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) to enable long: term enteral feeding. The Ponsky-pull technique was emplo yed for PEG insertion. In two patients, the procedure was complicated by superficial wound infection at the cutaneous exits of the PEG tubes : one with Pseudomonas sp and the other staphylococcal colonization. B oth responded well to antibiotic treatment. All patients obtained good nutritional support. The preliminary experience reported here suggest s that, even in infants, PEG is a safe and easy nonsurgical method of enteral feeding.