Open AccessA simple gastropexy for the loop-gastrostomy tube
Author(s) -
Pang Ah-San,
Ho Soon-Teck,
Iruru Maetani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.103129
Subject(s) - gastropexy , medicine , gastrostomy , gastrostomy tube , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , surgery , dysphagia , tube (container) , general surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , stomach , finance , peg ratio , economics
The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been in clinical use for more than three decades. A recent innovation, the loop-gastrostomy, is more suitable for developing countries because the tube cannot be dislodged and is easy to change. Gastropexy and gastrostomy are separate but related moieties. We describe a novel technique to add a gastropexy to the loop-gastrostomy, using it successfully in a man with permanent dysphagia. It involved creating a secondary loop at the mid-portion of the LOOPPEG(®) 3G tube with absorbable ligatures.