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Long-term outcomes in patients with PEG tubes and VP shunts
| No. of case | Sex/age (yr) | PEG-VP shunt interval (d) | Position of abdominal shunt catheter | DM | Complication | Follow-up (mo) | Outcome |
| 1 | F/67 | 409 | Right | - | Wound infection | 7 | Doing well |
| 2 | M/57 | 65 | Right | + | - | 15 | Doing well |
| 3 | M/57 | 256 | Left | + | - | 8 | PEG change due to self-removal |
| 4 | F/62 | 831 | Right | - | - | 6 | PEG change due to self-removal |
| 5 | F/67 | 274 | Right | - | - | 5 | Doing well |
| 6 | F/36 | 259 | Right | - | - | 1 | Doing well |
| 7 | F/42 | 67 | Left | - | - | 3 | PEG removal |
