gastrostomy
Sign in to saveA gastrostomy is the creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastric decompression. Typically this would include an incision in the patient's epigastrium as part of a formal operation. When originally devised over a century ago the procedure was completed through open surgery using the Stamm technique. It can be performed through surgical approach, percutaneous approach by interventional radiology, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG).
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Within Vinony's link graph, gastrostomy is referenced by 189 other articles, and connects out to upper gastrointestinal series, human digestive system and feeding tube.
It is catalogued under topics including Digestive system procedures and Enteral feeding.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Gastrostomy
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Research
15,495 papers- Gastrostomy Tubes: Indications, Types, and Care.Pediatrics in review · 2024
- Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy.European journal of radiology · 2002
- Laparoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy.Journal of long-term effects of medical implants · 2004
- Gastrostomy revision: incidence and indications.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2004
- Radiologic gastrostomy.Endoscopy · 2007
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A gastrostomy is the creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastric decompression. Typically this would include an incision in the patient's epigastrium as part of a formal operation. When originally devised over a century ago the procedure was completed through open surgery using the Stamm technique. It can be performed through surgical approach, percutaneous approach by interventional radiology, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG).
A gastrostomy may be required due to illness, trauma or disability impacting upon the ability to eat or swallow safely, or conditions causing increased nutritional requirement and once formed (or for some techniques, during formation), a gastrostomy tube is inserted.
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