title: Large-bore gastrostomy feeding tube insertion by a pull technique using a snare.
abstract: We describe a series of three patients who had fluoroscopic-guided placement of a large-bore gastrostomy tube using a pull technique and a large snare placed via a nasogastric or orogastric tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. ccanty@gofree.indigo.ie
authors.forename: Colin P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Cantwell
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013525:Surgical Instruments