Esophagostomy for percutaneous tube feeding in diaphragm paralysis

Key Clinical Message PTEG is a minimally invasive method to access the stomach or small intestine via an esophagostomy. It is used as an alternative to nasogastric tubing for gastric decompression or long‐term enteral nutrition when gastrostomy is not suitable, such as in patients with total gastrec...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 305 - 306
Main Author Toh Yoon, Ezekiel Wong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2016
John Wiley and Sons Inc
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Case reports
Catheters
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Diaphragm paralysis
enteral nutrition
esophagostomy
Esophagus
Ostomy
percutaneous transesophageal gastro‐tubing
enteral nutrition
Diaphragm paralysis
esophagostomy
percutaneous transesophageal gastro‐tubing
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Summary:Key Clinical Message PTEG is a minimally invasive method to access the stomach or small intestine via an esophagostomy. It is used as an alternative to nasogastric tubing for gastric decompression or long‐term enteral nutrition when gastrostomy is not suitable, such as in patients with total gastrectomy or advanced gastric cancer. PTEG is a minimally invasive method to access the stomach or small intestine via an esophagostomy. It is used as an alternative to nasogastric tubing for gastric decompression or long‐term enteral nutrition when gastrostomy is not suitable, such as in patients with total gastrectomy or advanced gastric cancer.
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ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.489