Laparoscopic vs percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion: a new pediatric gold standard?
Laparoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion is safe and easy to perform, with outcomes comparable to that of PEG tube insertion. It obviates the need for a second procedural anesthetic and may emerge as the gold standard for gastrostomy tube placement.
Approximately half of patients with mild-to-moderate asthma have persistently noneosinophilic disease, a disease phenotype that responds poorly to currently available antiinflammatory therapy.