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THE EMERGING ROLE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY
Author(s) -
Bessell J. R.,
Stanley B.,
Maddern G. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02272.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrostomy , stomach , abdominal wall , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , general surgery , surgery , gastrostomy tube , endoscopy , finance , peg ratio , economics
A gastrostomy was fashioned laparoscopically in a 15 year old patient with a severe head injury. A preceding attempt at percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy had failed. The gastrostomy tube was inserted into the stomach under vision and the stomach attached to the anterior abdominal wall by sutures.