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Percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement in a patient with prior sleeve gastrectomy

Author(s) -

Taylor Pate,

Daniel William O’Neal,

Chris Dobzyniak

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

american journal of interventional radiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2572-4614

pISSN - 2572-4606

DOI - 10.25259/ajir_27_2021

Subject(s) - medicine , sleeve gastrectomy , surgery , tube (container) , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , gastrectomy , gastrostomy tube , feeding tube , gastrostomy , general surgery , gastric bypass , weight loss , cancer , obesity , mechanical engineering , finance , economics , peg ratio , engineering

Sleeve gastrectomies have quickly become the most common bariatric weight loss surgery performed in the United States (U.S.). Given that hundreds of thousands of gastrostomy tubes (G tubes) are also placed each year, the number of patients with prior sleeve gastrectomies requiring a G tube will surely rise in the coming years. The case presented herein is a patient with prior sleeve gastrectomy who underwent percutaneous G tube placement.

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