Method for placement of guide tube for gastrostomy tube

Details Method for placement of guide tube for gastrostomy tube Method for placement of guide tube for gastrostomy tube

1993-12-29

1995-09-12

Isabella, David J.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604116, 623 66, A61M 500, A61F 254

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054493463

ABSTRACT:
A hollow, rigid guide tube has a bend nearer to one end than the opposite end. The bent end of the guide tube is inserted through an animal's mouth and esophagus, and into its stomach. The bent end is pressed against the interior of the animal's stomach by manipulating the opposite end which extends out of the animal's mouth. A needle is pushed through the animal's skin and into the stomach end of the guide tube. A fiber is passed through the needle and into and through the whole guide tube. The fiber then extends from outside the animal's abdomen through the stomach wall, through the esophagus and out the animal's mouth. The guide tube and needle are removed and a gastrostomy tube is fastened to the mouth end of the fiber and is pulled into the stomach sidewall in the conventional manner. The guide tube preferably has an outwardly flared surface at one end and has an annular disk attached near the opposite end of the tube.

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Fulton et al., "Blind Percutaneous Placement of a Gastrostomy Tube for Nutritional Support in Dogs and Cats" JAVMA, vol. 201, No. 5, 1992, pp. 697-699.

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