title: A simple gastropexy for the loop-gastrostomy tube.
abstract: The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been in clinical use for more than three decades. A recent innovation, the loop-gastrostomy, is more suitable for developing countries because the tube cannot be dislodged and is easy to change. Gastropexy and gastrostomy are separate but related moieties. We describe a novel technique to add a gastropexy to the loop-gastrostomy, using it successfully in a man with permanent dysphagia. It involved creating a secondary loop at the mid-portion of the LOOPPEG(®) 3G tube with absorbable ligatures.
authors.affiliation: Mount Alvernia Medical Centre, Singapore.
authors.forename: Pang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ah-San
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soon-Teck
authors.forename: Iruru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maetani