title: Autoadjustable sutures and modified seldinger technique applied to laparoscopic jejunostomy.
abstract: This is a simple technique to be applied to those patients requiring an alternative feeding method. This technique has been successfully applied to 25 patients suffering from esophageal carcinoma. The procedure involves laparoscopic approach, suture of the selected intestinal loop to the abdominal wall and jejunostomy using Seldinger technique and autoadjustable sutures. No morbidity or mortality was reported.
authors.affiliation: Esophageal Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro, Av. Belgrano 1752, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pili
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciotola
authors.forename: Juan Martín
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Riganti
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badaloni
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieponice
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D061646:Operative Time; D013537:Sutures