The Influence of Oral Hygiene on Local Wound and Systemic Infection in Patients With Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement

Predicting Oral Care Before Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG). The Influence of Oral Hygiene on Local Wound and Systemic Infection in Patients With PEG Placement

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is commonly used for long term enteral feeding of patients with severe dysphagia. The most common complication is peristomal wound infection. The possible mechanism the bacterial from the oral cavity disseminate during the PEG insertion through the stomach to the abdominal wall, in spite the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis, have reported low rates of wound infection in patients who were already receiving antibiotics at the time of PEG Our hypothesis that washing the oral cavity with antibiotic solution prior the insertion PEG , We planned a prospective, randomised, double blind, one centre study of antibiotic mouth wash solution (0.2% Chlorhexidine gluconate) as.prophylaxis in PEG

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients scheduled to undergo PEG

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous GI surgery
• Coagulopathy
• Sepsis