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Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy with single gastropexy using balloon-assisted tract dilatation: comparison with peel-away sheath

open access: yesDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2023
PURPOSETo evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (PRG) with balloon-assisted tract dilatation (BATD) using a single gastropexy.METHODSThis retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board.
Ji Su Lim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistence of a Gastrocutaneous Fistula after gastrostomy removal in children: Incidence and predictive factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background/Purpose: The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of persistent gastrocutaneous fistulas (GCF) after gastrostomy removal and to identify associated risk factors.
Massy, A.-S.
core  

Analysis of multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH monitoring values in children with cerebral palsy: A comparative multicenter study

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives To compare the features of multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH monitoring (MII‐pH) tracings in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and children without CP. Methods Multicenter, retrospective, analytical study. We examined tracings of children aged 1 to 15 years old, evaluated from May 2017 to January 2024.
Cristina Lorenzo   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

A simple technique for the management of refractory gastrostomy site complications a technical innovation in gastrostomy tube site revision

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Introduction: Longstanding gastrostomy sites are prone to leakage and excoriation secondary to protrusion of gastric mucosa into the tract, dilation of the site over time, and development of refractory granulation tissue.
Rebecca M. Rentea   +4 more
doaj  

Francis F. Maury, M.D. (1840 to 1879): an often forgotten pioneer in early American surgery. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Francis F. Maury (Fig. 1) was born on August 9, 1840, in Danville, Kentucky, where he was raised on a farm by his mother and father. His father was an Episcopal clergyman of Huguenot descent, whose forefathers had fled from France to escape religious ...
Chevrollier, B.S., Guillaume S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Gastrostomies Preserve but do not Increase Quality of Life for Patients and Caregivers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Gastrostomies are widely used to provide long-term enteral nutrition to patients with neurological conditions that affect swallowing (such as following a cerebrovascular accident or for patients with motor neuron disease) or with ...
Andrews, R.E.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Association of Gastrostomy Placement on Hospital Readmission in Premature Infants

open access: yesJournal of Perinatology, 2019
ObjectiveWe sought to determine the association of gastrostomy placement on post-NICU-discharge resource utilization in premature infants.Study designWe performed a propensity-matched retrospective cohort study of NICU infants born under 32-week ...
T. Duncan, Julius G. Ulugia, B. Bucher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gastrostomy tube placement increases the risk of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection: a multiinstitutional study.

open access: yesJournal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVEGastrostomy tube placement can temporarily seed the peritoneal cavity with bacteria and thus theoretically increases the risk of shunt infection when the two procedures are performed contemporaneously.
W. Al-Holou   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Laparoscopic‐assisted ‘pull‐introducer technique’ for gastrostomy tube placement in small infants: A single‐centre experience

open access: yesJPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Kirberg et al. described in 2016 a one‐step gastrostomy tube placement, the ‘pull‐introducer’ technique, designed for small‐for‐gestational‐age neonates, combining two endoscopic techniques. Nine infants (weight 3.4–8.1 kg) in our centre required a gastrostomy placement (two infants) or a combined gastrostomy placement and Nissen ...
Saskia Vande Velde   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus fluoroscopic procedures in the Medicare population

open access: yesSurgery Open Science, 2021
Background: In the United States, few high-quality manuscripts have directly compared the complication profiles of percutaneous endoscopic versus fluoroscopic gastrostomy.
Samantha Maasarani   +8 more
doaj  

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