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. 2020 May 28;26(20):2464–2471. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i20.2464

Table 4.

Additional patient groups with a lack of data but potential benefit if the timing of gastrostomy is correct

Chronic pancreatitis
COPD with manifest or imminent undernutrition/cachexia
Severe eosinophilic esophagitis
Severe ulcerative reflux disease
Cancer with undernutrition syndrome
(Mild to) moderate dementia

COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.