title: Laparoscopic tube gastrostomy.
abstract: A laparoscopic approach to fashioning a permanent mucosal gastrostomy is described for the first time. It has a place in patients in whom endoscopic or radiological placement is impractical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Haggie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male