Focus on the totally laparoscopic feeding gastrostomy tube placement operative technique
1 Saint Pierre University Hospital Rue Haute, 322, 1000, Brussels
2 Saint Luc University Hospital Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Bruxelles
3 Bukavu Hospital, Congo Avenue Michombero, Congo - Kinshasa.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 09(01), 127-133
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.9.1.0005
Publication history:
Received on 02 January 2021; revised on 08 January 2021; accepted on 10 January 2021
Abstract:
Laparoscopic feeding gastrostomy placement is a surgical operation that allows the feeding of malnourished patients through a tube that is placed in the gastric lumen. The benefits of an improved nutritional status in terms of improving clinical outcomes are well documented in the literature and consist in a reduction of the complication rates of the surgical patients, the length of hospital stay, the readmission rates, and a reduction of the cost of health services by reducing the morbidity or mortality. We present a totally laparoscopic technique of feeding tube placement.
Keywords:
Feeding Gastrostomy, Laparoscopy, Operative Technique
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