Table 5.

List of complications

	N (%)
Minor complications:
Dislocation of tube	20 (49%)
Local infection	12 (29%)
Leakage around stoma	5 (12%)
Abdominal pain	2 (5%)
Minor bleeding	1 (2%)
Tube blockage	1 (2%)
Total*, N (% of total sample)	41 (11%)
Major complications:
Aspiration pneumonia	42 (74%)
Organ damage	5 (9%)
Major bleeding requiring transfusion	4 (7%)
Intraabdominal leakage requiring surgery	3 (5%)
Peritonitis	3 (5%)
Total*, N (% of total sample)	57 (15%)

*One patient had two minor complications, one patient had one minor and one major complication, and one patient had two major complications. Hence the total number of patients suffering complications after the PEG were 95