Abstract
Abstract
Introduction : The aim of this historical cohort study was to report the long-term survival rates of patients who received percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) at an intermediate-sized local hospital in Japan.
Subject/Method : Patients who underwent PEG between January 1, 2004 and September 1, 2006 at Aomori Kyoritsu Hospital were followed up until September 1, 2009 through a review of their medical records and telephone interviews.
The cumulative survival rate with a 95% confidence interval was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method.
Results : A total of 332 subjects whose ages were 77.5±9.5 years (mean±SD ; median, 78 years) at the start of observation. The proportion of patients whose follow-up was possible was 92.8% (308/332).
The cumulative survival rates were as follows : 90.3% for 30 days ; 61.8% for 1 year ; 47.9% for 2 years ; 37.6% for 3 years ; and 21.5% for 5 years.
Conclusion : In Japan, the long-term survival rate of PEG recipients at a local intermediate-size hospital was almost the same as the rates obtained in tertiary-care hospitals ; however, the reasons for performing PEG may have been different from those in the latter hospitals.
