TRANSNASAL INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION - CASE-REPORT

Authors
COUNIHAN T NAPOLITANO LM HEARD SO
Citation
T. Counihan et al., TRANSNASAL INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 41(3), 1996, pp. 530-532
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
530 - 532
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We describe successful placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrost omy via the transnasal approach in a patient mho required intermaxilla ry fixation for an open mandible fracture, and required enteral nutrit ion for chronic respiratory failure and traumatic brain injury. This m ethod may be useful in other cases where tile transoral route is not a vailable for endoscopic insertion of enterostomy tubes.