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Surgical and laparoscopic techniques for feeding tube placement
1Children's Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
|July 9, 1998
Abstract:
Surgeons have at their disposal multiple options for providing enteral access in a myriad of circumstances. This article reviews the techniques for surgical placement of enteral access as well as the indications, benefits, and complications for each procedure. The feeding tubes commonly available are described, and considerations involved in the choice of procedure are discussed.