title: [Minimal gastrostomy: an alternative for postoperative stomach drainage].
abstract: Gastrostomy à minima. The postoperative course of a group of patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery was evaluated to show that a postoperative gastrostomy à minima can be performed in an adequate and safe manner. The patients are divided into two groups. The first group, which could be expected to need gastric decompression for only a short time, was treated by means of a classic nasogastric tube. The second group, which is composed of mostly more severe surgical procedures, received postoperative gastric decompression using a suprapubic bladder drainage catheter: Cystofix. There were no serious complications in neither group. Nevertheless patients treated by means of a nasogastric tube met with a notable subjective trouble. Therefore the gastrostomy à minima is advised after each surgical procedure which is expected to require a lasting gastric decompression.
authors: Dienst Heelkunde, Sint-Dimpnaziekenhuis Geel.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Opheide
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Van De Looverbosch
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Michiels
mesh_terms: D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Gastrostomie à minima: een alternatief voor postoperatieve maagdrainage.