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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
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Persistence of a Gastrocutaneous Fistula after gastrostomy removal in children: Incidence and predictive factors [PDF]
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.
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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
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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
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Francis F. Maury, M.D. (1840 to 1879): an often forgotten pioneer in early American surgery. [PDF]
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
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Gastrostomies Preserve but do not Increase Quality of Life for Patients and Caregivers [PDF]
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
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Association of Gastrostomy Placement on Hospital Readmission in Premature Infants
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
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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
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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
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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
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