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  • Title: [Endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy. A non-surgical method of enteral alimentation in ORL patients unable to feed orally].
    Author: Girodet J, Vedrenne JB, Salmon RJ, Rodriguez J, Esteve M, Guillaume A, Brugere J.
    Journal: Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac; 1988; 105(2):135-6. PubMed ID: 3130770.
    Abstract:
    Since surgical gastrostomy is not a risk-free operation in debilitated patients, a method of endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy (EPG) is proposed. A thread is passed percutaneously into the gastric cavity and brought to the exterior through the mouth during fibroscopy. This thread allows removal of a gastrostomy tube by simple traction. Used in 18 patients with ENT cancer the EPG was simple to perform, postoperative complications being minor in 3 cases and serious in one patient. In the absence of any obstacle in the pharyngeal channel preventing the passage of a fibroscope, EPG is a simple procedure and is therefore an alternative to surgical gastrostomy.
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