AGA Clinical Practice Update on Endoscopic Enteral Access: Commentary

Abstract

Description: The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Clinical Practice Update is to facilitate understanding and improve the clinical practice of endoscopic enteral access.

Methods: This expert commentary was commissioned and approved by the AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee and the AGA Governing Board to provide timely guidance on a topic of high clinical importance to the AGA membership, and underwent internal peer review by the Clinical Practice Updates Committee and external peer review through standard procedures of Gastroenterology.

Keywords: Enteral Access; Enteral Nutrition; Gastrostomy Tube; Jejunostomy Tube.