title: [Laparoscopic gastrostomy: report on 20 cases].
abstract: At the surgical clinic of the Faculty Hospital in Ostrava-Poruba since November 1993 till June 1998 20 laparoscopic gastrostomies were performed. The main indication was to ensure enteral nutrition in patients where, due to obstruction of the oesophagus, it was impossible to implement percutaneous puncture gastrostomy. The surgical procedure lasted on average 37 minutes and was completed successfully in all patients. Three patients died within thirty days. This procedure made it possible that eighty percent of the patients could be discharged from hospital and go home.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgická klinika FN Ostrava-Poruba.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Satinský
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prokop
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vávra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Laparoskopická gastrostomie: zpráva o 20 prípadech.