Gastrostomy without laparotomy: A percutaneous endoscopic technique+

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A new technique has been developed to establish a tube feeding gastrostomy without a laparotomy. The procedure is particularly useful in high risk patients because general anesthesia is not usually required. The procedure is simple, safe, and rapid. It has been employed in 12 children (and 19 adults) with minimal morbidity and no mortality.

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Presented before the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Marco Island, Florida, May 7–10, 1980.

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From the Department of Surgery and the Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

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