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Table 1 Underlying Diseases in patients who had PEG-tube placed (n = 191)

From: Acceptability and outcomes of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement- patients' and care givers' perspectives

Aetiology

n (%)

Dysphagic Stroke

121(63)

Dementia

26(14)

Advanced Parkinsonism

21(11)

Oropharyngeal tumours

14(7)

CNS tumours

5(3)

Olivopontine cerebellar atrophy

2(1)

Wilson's Disease

2(1)

  1. Results are presented as numbers (percentage)