The emerging role for laparoscopic gastrostomy.
A gastrostomy was fashioned laparoscopically in a 15 year old patient with a severe head injury. A preceding attempt at percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy had failed. The gastrostomy tube was inserted into the stomach under vision and the stomach attached to the anterior abdominal wall by sutures.
Bessell
J R
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Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia.
Stanley
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Maddern
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D000293:Adolescent; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery