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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children

A single center experience in Saudi Arabia

Faisal A. Alhaffaf, Awad S. Alqahtani, Abdulrahman A. Alrobyan, Sarah N. Alqubaisi, Bashar A. Ahmad, Mohammad R. Almutairi, Sami A. Wali and Hamoud A. Alhebbi
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 205-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25692
Faisal A. Alhaffaf
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Awad S. Alqahtani
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman A. Alrobyan
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sarah N. Alqubaisi
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bashar A. Ahmad
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad R. Almutairi
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sami A. Wali
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamoud A. Alhebbi
From the Gastroenterology Division, Department of Pediatrics (Alhaffaf, Alqahtani, Alqubaisi, Wali, Alhebbi), from the Department of Medicine (Alrobyan), from the Department of Radiology (Ahmad), and from the Endoscopy Unit, Almutairi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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