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.
Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia.
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JR
Bessell
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Stanley
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GJ
Maddern
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