title: Endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy using a modified instrument for puncture of the abdominal wall and the stomach.
abstract: A new instrument for the puncture of the abdominal wall and stomach while performing endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy is described. It has several advantages as compared with the instruments used so far, one of which is that it makes the method safer and easier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reichenbacher
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Rückauer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salm
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sontheimer
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013270:Stomach