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Transgastric jejunal snare technique facilitates primary jejunostomy placement

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Placement of percutaneous jejunostomy tubes using fluoroscopy may be technically challenging because of the peristaltic motion of small bowel loops within the peritoneum.
Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, William M. Sherk, MD, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick, MD, MPH, DABR, Kyle Cooper, MD, RPVI, Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FSIR   +4 more
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Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule at a University Teaching Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 34 cases. [PDF]

, 2013
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is a metastatic tumor deposit in the umbilicus and often represents advanced intra-abdominal malignancy with dismal prognosis. There is a paucity of published data on this subject in our setting.
A Dubreuil, AB Clements, AJ Khan, B Majmudar, B Piura, C Tam, D Calista, D Trebing, E Kolwijck, F Al-Mashat, F Panaro, FC Powell, H Bailey, H Bank, IS Schwartz, JJ Horn, JL O'Leary, Joseph B. Mabula, JP Touraud, M Falchi, M Yusuf, Mabula D. Mchembe, MR Shetty, MV Barrow, Peter F. Rambau, Phillipo L. Chalya, R Amaro, R Gabriele, R Gabriele, RA Shwartz, RS Goodheart, SN Chatterjee, V Charoenkul, V Schneider, VG Galva, WD Steck   +35 more
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Outcomes of jejunostomy-tube placement in surgical patients with esophageal cancerCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: Patients with esophageal cancer who undergo esophagectomy are at high risk for malnutrition. Jejunostomy tubes are often placed to provide enteral access for nutritional support.
Hope Conrad, MD, Ahmed Elkamel, MBBS, Anthony Maltagliati, MD, Kevin Wang, MD, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, PhD, Wendy Linville, BA, Michal Lada, MD, Praveen Sridhar, MD, Stephanie Worrell, MD   +8 more
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Gastrointestinal carcinoma and sarcoma surgery [PDF]

, 2019
A number of advances in both earlier diagnostic imaging and better treatment options for patients with intra-abdominal malignancies have occurred. Frequently such newer therapies rely on the integration of established surgical and radiation approaches ...
Koniaris, Leonidas G.
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Jejunojejunal Intussusception Following Jejunostomy

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006
Jejunojejunal intussusception is a rare complication of jejunostomy, and its preoperative diagnosis and surgical treatment have not been reported.
Tsung-Hsien Wu
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Surrogate measure of gut blood flow via superior mesenteric circulation on ultrasound in adults who underwent esophagectomy: A descriptive cohort study. [PDF]

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
Abstract Background Early enteral nutrition is recommended for critically ill patients. However, feeding an ischemic gastrointestinal tract with enteral nutrition may lead to gut necrosis. Although gut tolerance of enteral nutrition is assessed by various symptoms, none of them provide conclusive evidence of gut ischemia. We investigated the blood flow
Narita T, Fukatsu K, Inoue R, Murakoshi S, Noguchi M, Matsumoto N, Yajima S, Yagi K, Baba Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Primary intestinal aspergillosis resulting in acute intestinal volvulus after autologous stem cell transplantation in a patient with relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma : report on a rare infectious complication and a review of the literature

, 2019
Objectives: Since primary intestinal aspergillosis is a severe infectious complication with a high morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, we want to draw attention to this rare entity and the importance of early recognition.
Kennes, Soetkin, Kerre, Tessa, Van de Putte, Dirk, Van Dorpe, Jo, VAN HENDE, VANESSA, Vlummens, Philip   +5 more
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Gastrointestinal complications of hepatic transplantation [PDF]

, 1979
In this series of 150 orthotopic hepatic transplants, clinically significant gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred in 34 patients (23%). Five patients (15%) survived this complication.
Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Weil, R
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Risks and Benefits of Feeding Enterostomy Creation During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Propensity‐Weighted Analysis Using the Japanese National Clinical Database

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Feeding enterostomy during MIE was evaluated in 19 054 patients from the Japanese NCD using propensity weighting. Enterostomy was associated with higher reoperation and respiratory complications, but lower delayed gastric emptying and deep vein thrombosis, with no significant difference in overall bowel obstruction.
Eisuke Booka, Shinya Hirakawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Koji Tanaka, Hideki Ueno, Yasue Kimura, Ken Shirabe, Hiroya Takeuchi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy performed with gastroscope

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2013
While percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-known approach for achieving enteral feeding, direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (DPEJ) is a technique that allows endoscopic placement of percutaneous/transabdominal feeding tube directly
Ajay P. Choksi, Keyur C. Shah, Harshad K. Parekh   +2 more
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