title: Laparoscopically assisted antegrade percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: We describe a new technique named laparoscopically assisted antegrade percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), whereby a PEG tube is placed in the stomach with the aid of laparoscopy. The procedure is simple and avoids injury to adjacent organs that may occur with a standard PEG tube placement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609-1809, USA.
authors.forename: Olajire
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Idowu
authors.forename: X Alexis
authors.initials: XA
authors.lastname: Driggs
authors.forename: Sunghoon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery