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feeding gastrostomy

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feeding gastrostomy
Surgery A procedure in which an opening is created in the anterior wall of the stomach to allow suction decompression and improved respiratory function by eliminating the need for a nasogastric feeding tube. Cf Nasogastric tube.


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Perioperative abdominal laparoscopy with feeding gastrostomy was also performed.
Successful treatment for a delay-diagnosed esophageal perforation ... by Wang, Liang-Tsai; Lee, Shih-Chun; Tzao, Ching; Chang, Hung; Cheng, Yeung-Leung / Southern Medical Journal
Figure 5 depicts the normal position of the stomach underlying the costal margin and suggests a typical exit site for a feeding gastrostomy tube.
Anatomy and Physiology of the Luminal Gut: Enteral Access Implications by John P Grant / JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Certainly, those Otolaryngology centers and individuals performing percutaneous placement of feeding gastrostomy tubes are fully equipped to complete the process by teaching and performing EGD.
It is time for Otolaryngologists to perform EGD by Moss, Richard / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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