Double percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy fixation: an effective treatment for recurrent gastric volvulus.
A lady with recurrent gastric volvulus (and a poor surgical risk) was treated by insertion of two percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes to anchor the stomach to the anterior abdominal wall. The tubes were removed 5 months later, and she remained asymptomatic.
Ghosh
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Gastrointestinal Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Palmer
K R
KR
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*