Twenty- or 24F-diameter dilation prevents severe bleeding associated with 27F-diameter dilation for direct percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement

Twenty- or 24F-diameter dilation prevents severe bleeding associated with 27F-diameter dilation for direct percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement

Severe bleeding sometimes occurs after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement using a modified introducer method (direct method). We hypothesized that using a smaller diameter dilator rather than the 27F dilator contained in the commercial kit would reduce the incidence of this complica...

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Main Authors: Akira Horiuchi, Yoshiko Nakayama, Naoki Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-06-01
Series:Gastroenterology Insights
Subjects:
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
direct method
modified introducer method
bleeding
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/gi/article/view/1786

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