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Assessment of complication rates based on time of feeding initiation in radiologically guided gastrostomy tubes: a retrospective study
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Interventional Radiology - Original Article
VOLUME: 27 ISSUE: 4
P: 529-533
July 2021

Assessment of complication rates based on time of feeding initiation in radiologically guided gastrostomy tubes: a retrospective study

Diagn Interv Radiol 2021;27(4):529-533
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2021.20059
Ryan Judd 1
Wesley Klejch 1
Alexander Lionberg 1
Mikin V. Patel 2
Brian Funaki 1
Osman Ahmed 1
1. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
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Received Date: 15.02.2020
Accepted Date: 16.07.2020
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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE

We aimed to assess the association between complication rate and time to feeding in a cohort of patients undergoing radiologically guided placement of gastrostomy tubes.

METHODS

A retrospective study was conducted of all patients receiving pull-type and push-type gastrostomy tubes placed by interventional radiologists between January 1st, 2017 and December 31st, 2018 at a single institution. Primary outcomes included procedural and tube-related complications per medical chart review with a follow-up interval of 30 days. Exclusion criteria were enteral nutrition delayed more than 48 hours, no feeding information, and tubes placed for venting (n=20). Overall, 303 gastrostomy tubes (pull-type, n=184; push-type, n=119) were included. The most common indications for placement included head and neck carcinoma for push-type tubes (n=76, 63.9%) and cerebral vascular accident for pull-type tubes (n=78, 42.4%).

RESULTS

In a multiple regression analysis, there was no statistically significant association between complications and time to feeding (p = 0.096), age (p = 0.758), gender (p = 0.127), indication for tube placement (p = 0.206), or type of tube placed (p = 0.437). Average time to initiation of enteral nutrition was 12.3 hours for the pull-type and 21.7 hours for the push-type cohort (p < 0.001). Additional multiple regression analyses of pull-type tubes and push-type tubes separately also did not find any significant association between complications and the above factors (p > 0.05).

CONCLUSION

There was no statistically significant correlation between time to feed and complications, suggesting that there is no clinical difference between early and late feeding following gastrostomy tube placement.