Potential for health care cost savings with preoperative gastrostomy tube placement in the head and neck cancer population.

Ashley C MaysHarrison G BartelsPaul R WistermayerMatt L RohlfingChristopher M GentileRalph D'AgostinoJoshua D Waltonen

Published in: Head & neck (2017)

There is potential for savings by placing G-tubes preoperatively, possibly driven by decreased LOS, despite data suggesting that patients with G-tubes placed preoperatively are higher risk.

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