Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy using push-type gastrostomy tubes with CT and fluoroscopic guidance.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy with endoscopic push-type gastrostomy tubes using CT and fluoroscopic guidance.


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy using CT and fluoroscopic guidance with push-type tubes is a safe and effective means of gastric feeding that has few complications and offers an alternative to introducer-placed gastrostomy tubes.
Tsukuda
Toshinobu
T
Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan 755-8505.
Fujita
Takeshi
T
Ito
Katsuyoshi
K
Yamashita
Tomio
T
Matsunaga
Naofumi
N
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome