Table 3 Published series of PEGs by the Introducer Technique
Author [ref] | Year | Gastropexy | Antibiotics | N | Infection (N) | Infection (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russell TR [12] | 1984 | No | N/A | 28 | 1 | 3.6 |
Hashiba K [19] | 1987 | Suture | N/A | 56 | 0 | 0.0 |
Kadota T [13] | 1991 | No | N/A | 89 | 3 | 3.4 |
Robertson FM [18] | 1996 | Fogarty | Yes | 20 | 0 | 0.0 |
Tucker AT [16] | 2003 | T-fastener | Yes | 29 | 0 | 0.0 |
Maetani I [4] | 2003 | No | Yes | 29 | 0 | 0.0 |
Dormann AJ [9] | 2006 | Suture | Yes | 46 | 1 | 2.2 |
Saito M [11] | 2007 | Suture | N/A | 82 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campoli PMO [8] | 2007 | Suture | No | 142 | 4 | 2.8 |
Toyama Y [20] | 2007 | Suture | Yes | 30 | 1 | 3.3 |
Foster JM [17] | 2007 | T-fastener | No | 149 | 5 | 3.4 |
Shastri YM [14] | 2008 | Suture | Yes | 47 | 1 | 2.1 |
Shastri YM [14] | 2008 | Suture | No | 46 | 1 | 2.2 |
Horiuchi A [5] | 2008 | Suture | Yes | 68 | 0 | 0.0 |
Current series | 2008 | Suture | No | 435 | 1 | 0.2 |
Pooled | 1,296 | 18 | 1.4 [95%CI: 0.9–2.2] |