Starting tube feedings 4 hours post-PEG placement is safe, well-tolerated and reduces costs by decreasing hospital length of stay, as shown by multiple randomized trials done in the 1990s.

Impairment of oral intake occurs in the majority of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving chemoradiotherapy. Placement of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube ...