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Gastrostomy

Known as: Gastrostomies, Gastrostomie chirurgicale, Gastrostomia chirurgica 
Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression.
National Institutes of Health

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CATHETER, MALECOTDrug Administration via GastrostomyEducational aspectsEnteral Nutrition

Broader (3)

OstomyStomachstomach surgery

Narrower (1)

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Are open abdominal procedures a thing of the past? An analysis of graduating general surgery residents' case logs from 2000 to 2011.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Racial and ethnic differences in end-of-life costs: why do minorities cost more than whites?
BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic minorities generally receive fewer medical interventions than whites, but racial and ethnic patterns… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Surgical Gastrostomy for Pancreatobiliary and Duodenal Access Following Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
BackgroundPancreatobiliary access following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is challenging. We reviewed 32 cases of surgical… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Predictive values for aspiration after endoscopic laser resections of malignant tumors of the hypopharynx and larynx
CO2‐laser surgery is a relatively new treatment for selected carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. The purpose of our… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Two‐Year Outcome of Infants Weighing 600 Grams or Less at Birth and Born 1994 Through 1998
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Gastrostomy placement and mortality among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries.
CONTEXT Although the use of feeding tubes among older individuals stirs considerable controversy, population-based descriptive… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Antireflux operations at flexible endoscopy using endoluminal stitching techniques: an experimental study.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Artificial nutrition support in hospitals in the United Kingdom - 1991: Second national survey.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Growth in children with cerebral palsy fed via gastrostomy.
Growth characteristics of 57 children with feeding gastrostomies attending the cerebral palsy clinic at a regional medical… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A nonoperative technique for establishment of a gastrostomy in the dog.
Gastrostomies have been performed nonoperatively under local anaesthesia using a simultaneous percutaneous and endoscopic… 
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