Published January 30, 2021 | Version v1

Focus on the totally laparoscopic feeding gastrostomy tube placement operative technique

  • 1. Saint Pierre University Hospital Rue Haute, 322, 1000, Brussels
  • 2. Saint Luc University Hospital Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Bruxelles
  • 3. Bukavu Hospital, Congo Avenue Michombero, Congo - Kinshasa.

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Laparoscopic feeding gastrostomy placement is a surgical operation that allows the feeding of malnourished patients through a tube that is placed in the gastric lumen. The benefits of an improved nutritional status in terms of improving clinical outcomes are well documented in the literature and consist in a reduction of the complication rates of the surgical patients, the length of hospital stay, the readmission rates, and a reduction of the cost of health services by reducing the morbidity or mortality. We present a totally laparoscopic technique of feeding tube placement.

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