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Open gastrostomy performed through the umbilicus
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Great Ormond Street, Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1 N 3JH, UK.
Pediatric Surgery International
|June 26, 1998
Abstract:
A new variation of open gastrostomy placement is described in which a Stamm gastrostomy is performed via a supraumbilical incision around the circumference of the umbilicus. Access to the stomach is good and the cosmetic result is superior to that obtained with the conventional incision.