Pediatrics

Researchers at Columbus Children's Hospital release new data on pediatrics

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, December 28th, 2007

According to recent research published in the journal Pediatric Surgery International, "We present a paediatric institutional experience with laparoscopic gastrostomies (LG) and evaluate its appropriateness as the recommended method for gastrostomy placement. We also sought to evaluate the efficacy of a simple technique for LG and collected information on long-term follow-up after LG."

"LG was performed in 112 children over a 6-year-period. The procedure involves visualization of the stomach through an umbilical port and a second epigastric gastrostomy site to select and anchor the stomach with sutures prior to the placement of a low profile gastrostomy feeding...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2007-12-28)

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