Open AccessEsophagostomy for percutaneous tube feeding in diaphragm paralysis
Author(s) -
Toh Yoon Ezekiel Wong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.489
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , decompression , gastroparesis , diaphragm (acoustics) , gastrostomy , stomach , gastrectomy , percutaneous , enteral administration , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , jejunostomy , parenteral nutrition , cancer , gastric emptying , gastroenterology , finance , peg ratio , economics , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Key Clinical Message PTEG is a minimally invasive method to access the stomach or small intestine via an esophagostomy. It is used as an alternative to nasogastric tubing for gastric decompression or long‐term enteral nutrition when gastrostomy is not suitable, such as in patients with total gastrectomy or advanced gastric cancer.