Review of our home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and home enteral nutrition (HEN) cases

We reviewed our cases of HPN and HEN after percutaneous gastrostomy. We had 38 patients (26 men, 12 women) on HPN. Of them, 23 (17 men, 6 women) had an implantable subcutaneous infusion port. The average age of HPN cases was 69 (range 40-92) years, and 34 patients (89%) suffered from a malignant disease. The mean duration of HPN was 104 (range 2-543) days. Home anti-cancer chemotherapy was provided for 2 patients. Percutaneous gastrostomy was performed for 7 patients (4 men, 3 women) by endoscopy (PEG, 6 cases) and 1 patient needed an open laparotomy. Their average age was 60 (range 40-83) years. 5 patients with a malignant disease who were in HPN underwent gastrostomy for decompression drainage of a digestive tract obstruction. 2 patients had a benign disease and were on HEN for a long time. We experienced 2 cases of skin complications, one under HPN and the other under HEN, but no severe complication experienced. HPN and HEN contribute to improve the patients' QOL.