Percutaneous gastrostomy is well established root for long term feeding of patients who cannot be fed orally. The risks of percutanous gastrostomy insertion are low. Tube related complications often resolved by placing a Foley catheter or other balloon gastrostomy tube as a temporary solution. Gastrostomy tube related gastric, duodenal and billiary obstruction were reported. Gastrostomy tube re...

background: we investigated the effects of cigarette smoking in non-per os (npo) period on volume and ph of gastric contents in smoker male patients. methods: in a prospective cohort study, 86 male smoker patients undergoing elective non-abdominal surgery under general anesthesia, were surveyed. they were npo for at least 8-12 hrs. prior to surgery without direction to smoking. then they were d...

BACKGROUND More recent studies have revealed that chemokine receptor CXCR7 plays an important role in cancer development. However, little is known about the effect of CXCR7 on the process of gastric cancer cell invasion and angiogenesis. The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of CXCR7 in gastric cancer cell lines and to evaluate the role of CXCR7 in the proliferation, invasion, ...

Esophagectomy is accompanied with high morbidity, in up to 70% of cases as well as significant mortality. One of the complications is delayed gastric tube emptying, up to 30 %. Gastric drainage procedure like pyloroplasty may solve this problem. This procedure, although relatively safe, can lead to significant complications like suture line leaks, bile reflux, and late pyloric stricture. The ai...

Nasogastric tubes are often inserted in intensive care settings, the emergency department and hospital wards. Common indications for nasogastric tubes are gastric decompression to palliate bowel obstruction, preventing aspiration in intubated patients and for the delivery of enteral nutrition or medication. A case of pneumothorax following nasogastric tube insertion in a 63-year-old neurosurgic...

PLMA, but we allowed the aspiration catheter to protrude 4 to 5 cm at the end of the drainage tube during insertion (Figure). The aspiration catheter acted as a guide, directing itself and the tip of the mask towards the upper esophageal sphincter. The catheter was easily advanced in the stomach where gastric fluid was aspirated. Subsequently, the catheter was removed and reinserted successfull...

Results The diagnosis based on history (4 minimal stab wounds, 3 politrauma, and 1 difficult nephrectomy) and clinical exam matched the diagnosis. In one case (difficult nephrectomy two years before) the radiologic interpretation led to a wrong diagnosis of tension pneumothorax and a chest tube was inserted with consecutive gastric perforation and leakage of gastric content. Promptly recognized...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe and effective method of providing nutrition to patients with neurologic deficits or proximal gastrointestinal pathology. Complications that follow this common procedure include dislodgement, dysfunction, infection and aspiration. The "Buried Bumper Syndrome" (BBS) is an infrequent and late complication of PEG tubes that can result i...

in 50 subjects with a modification that allowed the completeness of recovery of the maximal gastric secretion to be assessed. The effects of the exact position of the tube and the position of the subject on the completeness of recovery were investigated. A simple water-recovery test was found to be as reliable as fluoroscopy for showing that the tip of the tube was within the stomach. Provided ...