Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous radiological gastrostomy: technique, methodology and pitfalls.
Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement is an uncommon but well-established interventional procedure. We present our experience of this procedure in a series of 23 patients, concentrating on the methodology, technique and pitfalls.
Pitman
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AG
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. agpitman@unimelb.edu.au
Lau
P H C
PH
Lau
W F E
WF
Beaty
C
C
McKenzie
A F
AF
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015641:Radiography, Interventional