Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube Placement: Lessons Learned from High-performing Institutions through Structured Interviews

Laparoscopic-Assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement

BACKGROUND Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the most common way of placing a feeding tube. Sometimes PEG cannot be used to safely place a feeding tube, most commonly secondary to an inability to transilluminate the abdominal wall. Whereas open gastrostomy was previously necessary in such cases, laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (LAPEG) is a viable option and ...

Performing with Technology: Lessons Learned from the GenJam Project

The author has been performing with GenJam, the Genetic Jammer, for nearly 20 years and has accumulated a wealth of experiences in performing live jazz with technology. This paper presents a discussion of the use of technology in jazz, both from the performer’s and from the audience’s perspective, and it proposes a classification scheme for live performance that is geared to mainstream performi...

Establishing Nontraditional Venture Capital Institutions: Lessons Learned

Severe hemorrhagic gastritis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement

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Laparoscopy-Assisted Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Placement along with Laparoscopic Gastropexy

Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance for patients suffering malnutrition. However, the PEG technique is not always feasible in cases in which endoscopic passage is not possible due to an obstruction in the esophagus. Methods: Under general anesthesia, a 2.0 nylon suture with a straight needle was inserted into the peritoneal cavity approximately 1 cm ...